From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262174AbTLWQkd (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:40:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262164AbTLWQkZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:40:25 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([213.86.99.234]:40976 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262131AbTLWQjH (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:39:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:39:04 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Rob Love Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Greg KH , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] add sysfs mem device support [2/4] Message-ID: <20031223163904.A8589@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Rob Love , Greg KH , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net References: <20031223002126.GA4805@kroah.com> <20031223002439.GB4805@kroah.com> <20031223002609.GC4805@kroah.com> <20031223131523.B6864@infradead.org> <1072193516.3472.3.camel@fur> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1072193516.3472.3.camel@fur>; from rml@ximian.com on Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:31:56AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:31:56AM -0500, Rob Love wrote: > Creating them via udev is the point. > > Remember, the ultimate goal is to have udev in initramfs during early > boot, and all of these vital devices will be created. I disagree. For fully static devices like the mem devices the udev indirection is completely superflous.