Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: devfs vs. udev | Date | Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:07:25 +0200 |
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Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> writes:
>> I noticed this in the help text for devfs in 2.6.0-test6: >> >> Note that devfs has been obsoleted by udev, > > devfs works fine, lists all devices, and obsoletes makedev.
That's my experience.
> udev needs patching for several issues, current sysfs only exports > many but by far not all devices, and because of that makedev > is still needed to create an initial /dev. > > in short: devfs works fine. udev has quite a way to go. > so marking devfs obsolete was done too soon by far. but
Exactly my point.
I'd also like an explanation of the rationale behind the switch. devfs works and is stable. Why replace it with an incomplete fragile userspace solution? I recall reading something about the original author not updating devfs recently, but I can't see why that requires rewriting it from scratch.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@users.sf.net
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