Richard Gooch wrote:
> > >
> > > It's really only /dev/full, /dev/null and /dev/zero that are "well
> > > known".
> >
> > ALL Unices have /dev/mem, /dev/kmem, and several non-Linuxes have
> > /dev/random and /dev/urandom. Furthermore, these names are already
> > used by a large number of tools.
>
> Yeah, but each Unix has it's own specialised tools which use these
> files. We could (if we wanted) have a planned migration.
>
I don't think it's worth it.
>
> > There really is nothing to gain by removing them, as they are
> > one-of-a-kind devices. It's rather different with things that can
> > exist in N duplicates.
>
> Yeah, as long as the "one-of-a-kind" devices don't proliferate. Which
> has been known to happen (one look a /dev reveals this). Well, at
> least now we can stop the rot. In my role as "gatekeeper", I won't
> allow any new (non-directory) entries in the top-level of devfs unless
> there's an awfully compelling reason for it.
>
Just remember there is such a thing as too much hierarchy. The
popularity of the .us domain reveals this :)
-hpa
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