Re: [ANNOUNCE] ndevfs - a "nano" devfs

[Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 01:18:08AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> Now I just know I'm going to regret this somehow...
> 
> Anyway, here's yet-another-ramfs-based filesystem, ndevfs.  It's a very
> tiny:
> $ size fs/ndevfs/inode.o 
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    1571     200       8    1779     6f3 fs/ndevfs/inode.o
> replacement for devfs for those embedded users who just can't live
> without the damm thing.  It doesn't allow subdirectories, and only uses
> LSB compliant names.  But it works, and should be enough for people to
> use, if they just can't wean themselves off of the idea of an in-kernel
> fs to provide device nodes.
> 
> Now, with this, is there still anyone out there who just can't live
> without devfs in their kernel?
> 
> Damm, the depths I've sunk to these days, I'm such a people pleaser...

Hmm. I'm not pleased. Perhaps you're pleasing the wrong people?

What we really need is a short HOWTO that covers:

- Do you really need a dynamic /dev?
- How to embed a static /dev in your embedded kernel with initramfs
- How to add a dynamic /dev to your kernel with udev

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