From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@gmail.com>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 00/13] devtmpfs patches
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:13:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1fxfbuyv7.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac3eb2510905111016u1a79defctff3578688ee36f00@mail.gmail.com> (Kay Sievers's message of "Mon\, 11 May 2009 19\:16\:58 +0200")
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> writes:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 18:40, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
>> The goal for kernel compile options is that they do not affect the
>> kernels behavior. The behavior in devmtmpfs clearly does not match
>> that rule. The kernel acts very different with it compiled in
>> and with it not compiled in. So that section of the code deserves.
>
> It's the same as with any other option, like the ones that enable
> dynamic minors.
No it's not.
The practical goal is that a distribution can enable essentially every feature
in the kernel and not be forced to use one.
The most similar example I can think of is the dhcp client in the kernel.
Even when compiled in only if you enable it on the command line (aka ip=dhcp)
does it enable and attempt to network boot.
Mouting on /dev might be sane if it was enabled by a kernel command line option.
By default it is wrong.
Dynamic minors is right on that hairy edge. I'm puzzled know why we
can't have the first N devices use the static assignment and the rest
of the devices use the dynamic minors.
Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-11 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20090509142601.874865281@blue.kroah.org>
2009-05-09 14:37 ` [patch 00/13] devtmpfs patches Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 01/13] Driver Core: add nodename callbacks Greg KH
2009-05-10 12:52 ` Stephen Rothwell
2009-05-10 13:19 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 20:51 ` Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 02/13] Driver Core: misc: add nodename support for misc devices Greg KH
2009-05-15 19:58 ` Pavel Machek
2009-05-18 14:34 ` Greg KH
2009-05-18 19:59 ` Pavel Machek
2009-05-18 20:28 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 03/13] Driver Core: usb: add nodename support for usb drivers Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 04/13] Driver Core: block: add nodename support for block drivers Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 05/13] Driver Core: x86: add nodename for cpuid and msr drivers Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 06/13] Driver Core: dvb: add nodename for dvb drivers Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 07/13] Driver Core: input: add nodename for input drivers Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 08/13] Driver Core: sound: add nodename for sound drivers Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 09/13] Driver Core: raw: add nodename for raw devices Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 10/13] Driver Core: drm: add nodename for drm devices Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 11/13] Driver Core: aoe: add nodename for aoe devices Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 12/13] Driver Core: bsg: add nodename for bsg driver Greg KH
2009-05-09 14:26 ` [patch 13/13] Driver Core: devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev tmpfs Greg KH
2009-05-09 15:10 ` [patch 00/13] devtmpfs patches Fabio Comolli
2009-05-09 15:08 ` Greg KH
2009-05-09 15:22 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-09 16:19 ` Greg KH
2009-05-09 19:09 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-10 4:34 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-10 7:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-05-10 14:56 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-05-10 5:34 ` Andrew Morton
2009-05-10 15:20 ` Greg KH
2009-05-10 15:59 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-10 18:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-05-10 21:19 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-10 23:47 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 0:00 ` Arjan van de Ven
[not found] ` <ac3eb2510905101822t7fde14b3nf2c689621f69c925@mail.gmail.com>
2009-05-11 2:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-05-11 10:46 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 10:55 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-11 11:34 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 13:05 ` [patch 00/13] devtmpfs Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-11 13:28 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 13:49 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-11 14:59 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 13:10 ` [patch 00/13] devtmpfs patches Alan Cox
2009-05-11 14:14 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 14:30 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-11 14:42 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 15:53 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-11 16:28 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 16:41 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-11 17:32 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 17:55 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-11 18:04 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 18:40 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-11 16:56 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-11 18:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-05-11 3:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-11 11:49 ` Fabio Comolli
2009-05-11 17:47 ` Greg KH
2009-05-11 16:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-05-11 17:16 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 21:13 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2009-05-11 1:00 ` Andrew Morton
2009-05-11 3:58 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-05-11 17:45 ` Greg KH
2009-05-09 16:46 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-09 17:11 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-09 18:09 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 17:40 ` David P. Quigley
2009-05-11 17:56 ` Greg KH
2009-05-11 20:41 ` David P. Quigley
2009-05-11 21:05 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-11 21:19 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-11 21:27 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-12 12:45 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-12 15:10 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-12 15:35 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-12 15:54 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-12 22:55 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-12 23:22 ` David P. Quigley
2009-05-12 23:34 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-12 23:50 ` Greg KH
2009-05-13 12:22 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-13 12:58 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-13 12:57 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-13 13:09 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-13 12:59 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-13 13:20 ` David Howells
2009-05-13 13:34 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-13 14:20 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-13 14:35 ` Stephen Smalley
2009-05-13 16:45 ` Kay Sievers
2009-05-13 22:43 ` Eric W. Biederman
2009-05-13 23:10 ` Greg KH
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