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List:       linux-hotplug
Subject:    Re: udev and devfs - The final word
From:       "Christoph Hellwig" <hch () infradead ! org>
Date:       2004-03-29 15:40:55
Message-ID: 015601c415a4$39a85710$d100000a () sbs2003 ! local
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On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 02:16:04PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > If devfs works good on FreeBSD, it probably means that the current
> > devfs for Linux is badly designed, not that the idea of devfs is bad.
> 
> I have no idea how FreeBSD implemented devfs.
> 
> If you know how FreeBSD implemented devfs, and how it solves all of the
> problems that I detailed in my original posting, I would be interested.

The FreeBSD implementation is pretty similar to the devfs we have in 2.6
API- and implementation wise.  Just because it works somehow in most
situation doesn't mean it's right..

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