From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750812AbVIZXzP (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:55:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750814AbVIZXzO (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:55:14 -0400 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.197]:15732 "EHLO xproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750812AbVIZXzN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:55:13 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ElteF9Y9M74uGiCQuYOXaOhUcaK6fnGpfWWoFZ450YbCoDHUwDReUZctpwI7UzbYryAg/9YGc5dDr8wkDALuiIxmZkg9UAKJXzC+GWicTYMJH8vff+GTpZpSf6O4B+XTZIuKLvYiFQ0qNp943QiyHDVfcLHIZ2VILJuIJtWeEs8= Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:55:03 +0200 From: Diego Calleja To: Shawn Starr Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Crazy Idea: Replacing /dev using sysfs over time Message-Id: <20050927015503.702ca60e.diegocg@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200509261928.20701.shawn.starr@rogers.com> References: <200509261928.20701.shawn.starr@rogers.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.1.1 (GTK+ 2.8.3; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org El Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:28:18 -0400, Shawn Starr escribió: > /sys/class/block/ > `-- sda > |-- sda1 > | - major > | - minor > | - raw With this you're adding again all the device naming linux has got ridden of by removing devfs (it rememebers me to solaris' devfs: They have a sysfs-like filesystem, except that things in /dev are a symbolic link to a device file in /devices) > Do we really need /dev other than for historical/legacy purposes? If your intention is just to boot kernels and not run userspace on them, then sure, it's a good idea to get rid of /dev.