Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)
Richard Gooch (Richard.Gooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 10:56:14 +1000
H. Peter Anvin writes:
> Followup to: <Pine.HPP.3.96.980805205308.17170K-100000@ixion.honeywell.c=
> om>
> By author: Shawn Leas <sleas@ixion.honeywell.com>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >=20
> > 2) Ease of system maintainence. SYSV style/looking devices tell you
> > EXACTLY where your disks are at a glance, and that is GOOD. Auto devic=
> e
> > generation is good too...
>
> Auto device generation can be a security hole, and can be done in user
> space without hogging tons of kernel memory.
>
> > 3) It might help performance with some configs.
> > 4) It will NEVER hurt performance, only help it if ANYTHING.
>
> devfs eats lots of kernel memory. That WILL hurt performance.
This is untrue. Devfs is very light on kernel memory. On what do you
base your claim?
Regards,
Richard....
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