Re: Future devfs plans (sorry for previous incomplete message)

[Ian Kent]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Matt Mackall wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:37:41AM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> > 	devfs allows for creation of devices when user level programs
> > need them rather than based on "hot plug" or modprobe-related events,
> > neither of which do not exist for many devices and do not necessarily
> > indicate need for the driver.
> 
> One wonders if autofs can be made to do the same.

Do what exactly.

There is absolutly no infrastructure in autofs to create device files.

Ian

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