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SubjectRe: Migrating to larger numbers

On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 10:24:30PM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> I wrote:
[snip]
> > Now this may seem, er... hacky, but I actually think it achieves the
> > rather sensible aims of devfs without the pain. The string lookup
> > mechanisms are now just part of normal filesystem operation, and it's
> > completely dynamic so pretty well future proofed.
>
> Less pain with devfs.

I didn't mean to suggest that devfs was difficult to use -- I've never
tried -- but there's clearly a polarisation of opinion which is going
to stop it from becoming a standard part of the kernel in the very
near future.

I think what's important is that the problem of device numbers can be
worked around (if not solved) in user space. And the solution works
_right now_ on any modern kernel.

Cheers,
Matt

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