Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:15:43 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Edward S. Marshall" <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 tytso@mit.edu wrote: > Sigh. Let me try again. The fact that people are arguing about names > means that it is clear the kernel should *not* be dictating what shows > up in /dev. That should be done by a user-mode daemon.
The interesting question, of course, is: how is this different than the policy currently being set by /proc? Where is the user-mode daemon allowing me to change the layout of /proc/sys to a more appropriate layout?
> Like it or not, > the names in /dev *are* policy, and kernel should not be dictating > policy. Therefore, the kernel should not be deciding what names appear > in /dev. Q.E.D.
Like it or not, the names in /proc *are* policy, and kernel should not be dictating policy. Therefore, the kernel should not be deciding what names appear in /proc. Q.E.D.
-- Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> [ What goes up, must come down. ] http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ]
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