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From: Jim Crilly <jim@why.dont.jablowme.net>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: Richard Gooch <rg+lkml0@safe-mbox.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.12-git
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:51:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050719025146.GM3550@mail> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0507182202400.16975@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>

On 07/18/05 10:12:29PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> Something's wondering me, though:
> FreeBSD "just" (5.0) introduced devfs, so either they are behind The Facts 
> (see udev FAQ), or devfs (anylinux/anybsd) is not so bad after all.

There's not much to wonder about here, the basic idea of devfs is a good
one which is why udev was written. The problems expressed on lkml about
devfs were with that specifically implementation, if a better
implementation had been merged originally udev might have never been
created. I really doubt FreeBSD took the Linux devfs code and integrated it
with their kernel, so the fact that FreeBSD is using a devfs now simply
means they like the idea of a dynamic /dev as well.

> 
> 
> 
> Jan Engelhardt

Jim.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-07-19  2:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-21  6:29 [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.12-git Greg KH
2005-06-21  6:30 ` [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs from the partition code Greg KH
2005-06-21  6:54 ` [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.12-git Andrew Morton
2005-06-21 13:50   ` Adrian Bunk
2005-06-21 15:10   ` Greg KH
2005-06-21 20:11     ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-21 20:52       ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-06-21 21:03         ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-21 21:16           ` Greg KH
2005-06-21 21:58             ` J.A. Magallon
2005-06-23  1:00     ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23  1:18       ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-23  2:13         ` Bill Gatliff
2005-06-23  4:59       ` Greg KH
2005-06-23  6:14         ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23  6:26           ` Greg KH
2005-06-23  6:36             ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23  7:03               ` Greg KH
2005-06-23 19:54             ` Kay Sievers
2005-06-23  6:34           ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23  6:37             ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-23  6:47               ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23  6:51               ` Greg KH
2005-06-23  6:38             ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23  6:28         ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23  6:48           ` Greg KH
2005-06-23  8:29             ` Mike Bell
2005-06-23 12:58               ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-06-24  8:24               ` Greg KH
2005-06-23 15:13             ` Per Liden
2005-07-18 16:36         ` Richard Gooch
2005-07-18 20:12           ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-07-18 22:29             ` Daniel Phillips
2005-07-19  2:51             ` Jim Crilly [this message]
2005-06-21 17:35 ` Carsten Otte
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-06-23  4:08 David Brownell
2005-06-23  6:21 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23  8:10 ` Russell King
2005-06-23  5:08 David Brownell
2005-06-23  5:22 ` Bill Gatliff

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