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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)
From:       Inaky Perez Gonzalez <inaky () peloncho ! fis ! ucm ! es>
Date:       1998-08-16 19:32:03
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>>>>> "Albert" == Albert D Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> writes:

Albert> How would an anti-devfs person support USB? Remember, the
Albert> whole system is dynamic. You can add and remove devices on a
Albert> live system. You can have several devices of the same type,
Albert> there is no adjustable ID like SCSI has... It will put you
Albert> through hell.

    I'm considering that, but it looks like you'll have to have all
your device nodes statically made [like nowadays] and don't play _at
all_ with the plug order into the hub port's once you've got your
system set up; in other words: crappy, it breaks USB's spirit.

    Also thinking about an interface to a kernel side database to be
able to minimize this problem.

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