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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clean up old names in tty code to current names
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 10:07:41AM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> >> I'm not going to solve this problem but it is something that needs to
> >> be discussed. Are we really going to maintain parallel naming schemes,
> >> one in-kernel and one out of kernel? I'm not even sure if USB will
> >> work without udev anymore.
> >
> >It works fine, it would not suprise me if udev users were still the
> >minority case in fact.

Well, as more modern distros spread, the number of users is getting
bigger..

> If I use udev to rename my devices, the names aren't going to match
> /proc/tty and what ps shows.

Same problem happens if you use 'mv'.  Are you going to blame the kernel
on that problem too?

> The idea behind udev is that the kernel only deals in device numbers
> and all naming happens in user space.

Please stop saying this, it is just not true at all, and never has been.

thanks,

greg k-h