RE: [2.4.0] migration to devfs
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> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:16PM -0600, Jason Holland wrote:
> > Devfs has a compatibility mode which can be turned on. it
> enables the old
> > device paths, like /dev/hda4, to coexist with the new
> paths, though mount
> > will report the new path.
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> it does that though a kludge daemon. the same kludge required to
> allow chown/chgrp/chmod to work.
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> that is unacceptable, the only acceptable option is to allow:
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> CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n
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haha! i happen to agree that the path names are ridiculous. however, i'd
rather have a 100 devices to look through, than 5000 without devfs turned
on. isn't it nice to have a choice?
Jason
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