Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

Shawn Leas (sleas@ixion.honeywell.com)
Wed, 5 Aug 1998 21:13:02 -0500 (CDT)


On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> The /dev/ inode lookup time is so ridicolous that I am used to use
> symlinks in /dev/ (note that also many of other unix use ton of symlinks).

I really think that we should stop discussion the performance aspects, but
I think we SHOULD stress that DEVFS will NEVER hurt it, and in some cases
help it a little, eh?

On to more important points...

-Shawn
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