Re: Suggested dual human/binary interface for proc/devfs

From: Richard Gooch (rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca)
Date: Tue Apr 18 2000 - 10:00:39 EST


Mike Castle writes:
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 09:36:01PM -0400, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> > Do you have any other ideas for tracking Hot Swap and Plug and Play
> > devices?
>
> What's wrong with expanding the module stuff to handle this? There
> already exists the pre/post stuff for modules. They can do any
> arbitrary actions, including setting up permissions and stuff, I
> would think.

You want to have kernel code reading and writing a database of
permissions?!? This sort of thing belongs in user-space.

> Also, we already have at least one case where we have to manually store
> information between boots: /dev/random.
>
> Should that information be automatically saved without user support
> as well?

NO! It definately belongs in user-space.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca

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