Re: /dev in with 2.6 has been rearranged

From: Muli Ben-Yehuda (mulix_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Sun 09 May 2004 - 22:36:07 IDT


On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 10:09:36PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:

> Muli said something about a replacement, but you will have to ask him
> about that.

In 2.6, devfs is deprecated, and the recommended replacement is
udev. udev + hotplug + sysfs does basically everything devfs did,
while keeping it in userspace and keeping it clean.

More details about udev are available here:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ. This is
required reading material if you think that devfs should not be
deprectated and is in fact the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Cheers,
Muli

-- 
Muli Ben-Yehuda
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