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

Shawn Leas (sleas@ixion.honeywell.com)
Sun, 9 Aug 1998 18:39:47 -0500 (CDT)


On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Yes, but you must admit it might have sounded like you were claiming
> > that a fully populated SCSI /dev along with every conceivable psuedodevice
> > is peanuts, and noone cares.
> >
> > I kind of like having to search through ONLY the device nodes I have.
>
> Which are all you need to have in /dev. Can you try using facts in your
> reasoning. It makes it easier to find a logical conclusion

Then, instead of solving the problem of having enormous amounts of SCSI
disk in one system, we ignore it and just don't have a fully populated
/dev.

Hmm... Or, I personally weed out the 99.9999% I don't need myself, and
add as necessary.

That to me sounds broken.

-Shawn
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