From: "Guillaume Boissiere" <boissiere@mediaone.net>
To: "Tim Pepper" <tpepper@vato.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: New device naming convention
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:05:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C610DE7.13987.25A0DAE@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020201100145.A21307@vato.org>
In-Reply-To: <3C59F1C3.21004.28F8E65B@localhost>; from boissiere@mediaone.net on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 01:39:15AM -0500
On 1 Feb 2002 at 10:01, Tim Pepper wrote:
> On Fri 01 Feb at 01:39:15 -0500 boissiere@mediaone.net done said:
> > I added this item on my kernel 2.5 status list a few weeks ago, and
> > it seems to be _the_ hot topic for 2.5.
> >
> > o Pending Finalize new device naming convention (Linus Torvalds)
> >
> > What exactly are people expecting Linus to decide on? And once it
> > has been decided, what is the next step after that?
[snip...]
Thanks for the explanations, that was pretty helpful to illustrate the
current issues.
> There've been huge discussions in the past about how to handle /dev;
> they're in the archive. Is it a problem that needs an answer?
> Is devfs the answer? Will an answer be in 2.5?
Yes, that's the $1000 question! If there is nothing people are
expecting Linus to decide on for 2.5 regarding device naming, let me
know and I'll remove this item from my status list.
-- Guillaume
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-01 6:39 New device naming convention Guillaume Boissiere
2002-02-01 18:01 ` Tim Pepper
2002-02-06 16:05 ` Guillaume Boissiere [this message]
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