Re: USB device allocation

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
7 Oct 1999 11:15:08 -0700


In article <linux.kernel.19991007104127.C15982@wookie.chirp.com.au>,
Nathan Hand <nathanh@chirp.com.au> wrote:

>This is why I suggested losing the devfs FILESYSTEM but retaining what
>is devfs's INTENTION. Use the existing devfsd to maintain nodes on the
>disk. Most of the benefits are kept. Some problems are addressed.

Removing the filesystem makes devfs completely useless.

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david parsons \bi/ Just what I'd want: a ``devfs'' that renders your
\/ machine unusable if the user-space daemon dumps core.

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