Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:57:25 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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Dan Hollis wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote: > > Thats absolutely identical to the devfs hooks. devfs is generating an fs > > from them, doing a usermode smart /dev is exporting the same data devfs > > builds on into user space and doing the hard thinking in user space. > > So basically devfs might not solve every possible problem at the moment, > but it is certainly the correct infrastructure for solving problems. > > -Dan
That's your assertion. I claim it is starting with a solution going looking for the problem, and finding the solution is not what the problem required -> kluge.
-hpa
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