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Re: udev is ruining my life



John W. M. Stevens wrote:



Udev was a response to devfs.

Sadly, BOTH systems were poorly thought out.
...
 > Udev was the user space devfs, but unfortunately, it was also designed
to cover all of dev, instead of just the sub-set of hot attach/detach
devices that make sense for a "dynamic" device file system.

Obviously, better interaction with existing kernel infrastructure is
necessary before udev can go live.

What wasn't thought out well with udev?  (I'm asking whether you mean
there's a problem in its core design or whether you just mean that the
implications weren't all thought out and handled fully before users were
exposed to it.)

Daniel







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