Re: [PATCH] driver core: add uid and gid to devtmpfs

[Al Viro]

On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 10:26:12AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:

> Why not?  "closed" systems, like Android and other embedded systems,
> have "assigned" uid and gid values that never change.  Right now they
> have to have a horrible shell-script to set these values in devtmpfs
> when the device shows up to the needed numbers.  This tiny patch gets
> rid of that shell script entirely, allowing them to specify it from the
> kernel as needed.

What's to stop them from using static /dev?  Has an extra benefit of
getting rid of devtmpfs shite completely...
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