From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262965AbTLIFVj (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:21:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262991AbTLIFVj (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:21:39 -0500 Received: from dyn-195-242-117-208.ppp.tiscali.fr ([195.242.117.208]:38919 "EHLO nsbm.kicks-ass.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262965AbTLIFVi (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:21:38 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:17:28 +0100 From: Witukind To: Greg KH Cc: recbo@nishanet.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? Message-Id: <20031209061728.28bfaf0f.witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org> In-Reply-To: <20031208233755.GC31370@kroah.com> References: <200312081536.26022.andrew@walrond.org> <20031208154256.GV19856@holomorphy.com> <3FD4CC7B.8050107@nishanet.com> <20031208233755.GC31370@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:37:55 -0800 Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:09:47PM -0500, Bob wrote: > > William Lee Irwin III wrote: > > > > >On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:36:26PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Whats the general feeling about devfs now? I remember Christoph > > >and >others making some nasty remarks about it 6months ago or so, > > >but later >noted christoph doing some slashing and burning thereof. > > >>Is it 'nice' yet? > > >>Andrew Walrond > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I would say it's deprecated at the very least. sysfs and udev are > > >supposed to provide equivalent functionality, albeit by a somewhat > > >different mechanism. >>From the udev FAQ: Q: But udev will not automatically load a driver if a /dev node is opened when it is not present like devfs will do. A: If you really require this functionality, then use devfs. It is still present in the kernel. Will it have this 'equivalent functionality' some day? -- Jabber: heimdal@jabber.org