Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:21:53 +0100 (IST) | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | Devfs, was Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> but if you're using devfs why would you ever need to do the above? Devfs You dont have any choice. NFS says "it happens". > No need to mount /dev over nfs anymore. You have to handle NFSv3 serving to non Linux clients. And as I said the obvious approach is to lie and claim to be using 12:20 i think we're mixing up the pov of /dev/ for the server and then for the client in the same argument.
for a linux client with devfs, it doesn't need to nfs mount any /dev, it's builtin like /proc. a server can export a standard filesystem type /dev over nfs to clients, irregardless of what kind of /dev it's using.
So where's the problem? Also, AFAIK, the split thing is transparent to devfs. (maybe richard can confirm this).
devfs is a good thing. I and all the rest who have tried it and use it regularly think so. It's compatible, it's clean, it eliminates /dev admin maintenance. And it works really well.
When will it be included? And if there are problems to it's inclusion, what are they, so that a solution can be found.
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