From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266220AbUG0BKT (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:10:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266213AbUG0BEm (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:04:42 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:27045 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266209AbUG0BEg (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:04:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:03:45 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: "Adam J. Richter" Cc: akpm@osdl.org, gotrooted@pop.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, maillist@jg555.com, ramon.rey@hispalinux.es Subject: Re: Future devfs plans (sorry for previous incomplete message) Message-ID: <20040727010345.GU5414@waste.org> References: <200407261737.i6QHbff04878@freya.yggdrasil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200407261737.i6QHbff04878@freya.yggdrasil.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:37:41AM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote: > devfs allows for creation of devices when user level programs > need them rather than based on "hot plug" or modprobe-related events, > neither of which do not exist for many devices and do not necessarily > indicate need for the driver. One wonders if autofs can be made to do the same. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.