> The most serious problem with GNU Hurd I encountered so far is that > /dev/MAKEDEV from the Debian distribution knows nothing about Hurd > devices. It is for Linux, not for Hurd. Ask Hurd developers for a better > MAKEDEV. You can take one from > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/gnu-19990104.tar.gz
Perhaps we should take this opportunity to consider a better mechanism for Hurd device drivers to provide interfaces. Major and minor numbers are basically magic number handwaving - also, they have bad implications for network transparency. Perhaps we should look at BSD devfs or perhaps even the solaris way of doing things, which manages to be elegant yet unix-compatible at the same time.
