Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jun 1999 14:22:29 +0100 | From | Matt Aubury <> | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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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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