"Kevin S. Ho" wrote: > On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Adam Sampson wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 09:01:27PM -0400, Kevin S. Ho wrote: > > > Would there be any interest in having GNU Mach and Hurd move way from > > > /dev into having a kernel-provided translator that exports kernel symbols > > > including devices? > > Very much so. This would appear to be the "obvious" way to go---it removes > > any need for MAKEDEV scripts and similar kludges, plus you can check what > > drivers you've got installed by doing a "ls /dev". > > What do we think are the appropriate means for the kernel to export > such symbols? That is, what underlying mechanism should we use? > > Also, would we advoate the use of user-level device drivers in this case? > we could provide a solaris syntax style /devices interfaces that does > not contain any drivers - just a hole for hardware access for a device to > talk into. >
A suggestion from a clueless newbie: have /dev be a translator driven file system, make stuff appear there and disappear, to reflect the actual devices attached to the system.
