Re: An idea on devfs vs. udev

From: Neil Brown (neilb_at_suse.de)
Date: 10/30/05

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    To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:35:53 +1100

    On Sunday October 30, greg@kroah.com wrote:
    > On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 08:07:11PM +0200, Daniele Orlandi wrote:
    > >
    > > So, why cannot we substitute the "dev" file within /sys with the actual device
    > > file?
    >
    > Please read the archives, this comes up every few months or so.

    ..thus making it a Frequently Asked Question. However it isn't
    answered in the FAQ.

    Any chance of writing a little FAQ entry for us and getting it into

    > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    Maybe it could replace entry 9.5:
      What's devfs and why is it a Good Idea (tm)?
    :-)

    NeilBrown

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