Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:42:26 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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Dan Hollis wrote: > > On 18 Jun 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Actually, there is. The /dev directory is a mapping table between the > > kernel interface (as well as providing a store for permissions), and > > devfs removes this. > > This is not as useful or important as you try to make it out to be.
Useful to whom? (Not you, I gather.)
-hpa
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