Fact:
Its not. PCMCIA does this all without dev_fs and has for ages. You don't
need dev_fs to do dynamic name spaces. Also dev_fs places the name space
management in the kernel which violates the great "policy in user space"
rule of Unix.
> Similarly, dev_fs may provide the groundwork for the next "great thing",
> perhaps the idea that Ted came up with re: volume names (which being a
> former NetWare admin *does* appeal to me greatly). But the simple fact is
> that dev_fs is here today, Ted's idea is not.
Fact:
It is UUIDs have been in ext2fs for a while
Otherwise carry on...
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