>> There are some broken boot scripts (modelled after the long obsolete
>> rc.devfs script)
>
>
> Which is still included in the kernel tree and at least Mandrake is
> currently using it.
Which resulted in weird problems like floating device numbers, broken
links in /dev/cdroms, mysteriously disappearing sound nodes ...
I very much appreciate this decision. Copying over device nodes is evil.
It should be stopped by all means (as long as devfs is going to be
used).
-andrej
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