Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:39:11 -0400 (EDT) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Dan Hollis wrote:
> 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?
The only issue I see is what user-space programs look for. It's wonderful to give the users all kinds of options, but how does a user-land program know what the name of the device it wants to talk to is? I guess, ask the user, that will work for some people, but I fear not all...
Stephen
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