Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:42:44 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 tytso@mit.edu wrote: > The issue is not virtual FS versus some other kernel interface. The > issue is what appears in /dev, and whether the kernel code should be > hard coding what happears in /dev. It shouldn't. That's policy. The > kernel shouldn't be dictating policy.
I dont think devfs *requires* to be mounted on /dev ... Someone correct me if im wrong.
1) If you want a physical /dev on the disk with 40,000 entries, disable the devfs compile option and create your physical /dev directory and populate it with 40,000 entries and all is well.
2) If you want a physical /dev dynamically populated by a userspace daemon, then compile devfs in, mount it on /devices and have a userspace daemon populate /dev and all is well.
3) If you want a fully dynamic devfs mounted on /dev, then compile it in and mount it on /dev and all is well.
Any questions?
-Dan
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