Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:48:42 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.3.51, and the pre-2.4 series.. |
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Alan Cox writes: > > Why ? Why to introduce additional level of indirection and such if you can not > > introduce new policy anyway (it's defined in "Linux Allocated Devices" > > document as you said earlier :-) > > The policy should be in user space but the default policy should be > back compatibility. I'd have expected devfs to do that by default > unless told not to.. as it happens devfsd does it by default if you > run it.. which I guess isnt far off
Blame Linus ;-) He explicitly wanted the compatibility names removed from the kernel patch. I fought the good battle, but I lost ;-)
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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