Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)
Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:29:41 +1000
H. Peter Anvin writes:
> 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.
>
> 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.
Credit me with having thought about the issues before I started
coding. I even discussed things on the list before I started
coding. Devfs is most definately a response to a set of real problems.
Regards,
Richard....
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