Re: devfs

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Masson wrote:
> "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> > No, nobody does.  Also, it is not clear whether a port would be good or
> > whether rewriting it from scratch would be better.
>
> Iirc, Matt eplained a long time ago that he would prefer a Linux udev
> like scheme (Events generated by kernel & /dev housekeeping via a
> userland daemon).

Yah, that might but not current anymore :)

What I'd like to see is a twofold scheme:  A virtual devfs, plus 
udev-alike functionality:

- The devfs will show all existing devices with their standard names, and 
only those.
- have userland set permissions and create aliases (links?)

cheers
  simon

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