Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:57:25 -0700

Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Thats absolutely identical to the devfs hooks. devfs is generating an fs
> > from them, doing a usermode smart /dev is exporting the same data devfs
> > builds on into user space and doing the hard thinking in user space.
>
> So basically devfs might not solve every possible problem at the moment,
> but it is certainly the correct infrastructure for solving problems.
>
> -Dan

That's your assertion. I claim it is starting with a solution going
looking for the problem, and finding the solution is not what the
problem required -> kluge.

-hpa

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