RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation)
Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Wed, 6 Oct 1999 14:29:14 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Stephen Frost wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Shawn Leas wrote:
> > >Names _are_ policy. So now I have to hack the kernel to rename the mouse?
> > No. Used symlinks, which, with devfsd, BTW, are persistent.
> A thought, that I'm sure has been said before, but...
> /devices -- devfs mountpoint
> /dev -- symlinks in to /devices
Strangely enough this has been in the devfs FAQ for years. *Boggle*.
Why doesnt anyone read the devfs FAQ? Sheesh.
-Dan
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