> Changing /dev entries is very very high  level  stuff. Leave
> these to Linus or Alan. There are associated  with  devices,
> for which the rules are specified in the  kernel.  You  need
> special things like mknod to make entries there.

I "know" what I am doing :)
And I don't think Linus or most other people from the traditional 
_Unix_ community would approve of my acts ;)

> This is an area, which whould be left alone with  a 20  foot
> pole !

I like playing with such dangerous things ;)


> I haven't seen a single posting where  Binand gave  some way
> to justify tinkering of /dev in kernel sources. What  he did
> give was the method of handling the problem of handling  "/"
> entries in a sed  replacement operation. There  was  nothing
> incorrect with what Binand posted.

I applied the technique which Binand had suggested to my kernel 
source, mind you, I am not talking about my whole system out here, I 
am just talking about my own, highly modified kernel source.
What happened after a while was, the whole screen started spitting 
out gibberish.
It was normal when I shifted to another console, but my original 
console stayed bust till I rebooted.


> Leave /dev alone ..... unless you are  SURE of what you are
> doing ... in which case, why ask ?

When I complete what I am doing, I bet you are gonna be *stunned* by 
it.

Yes, I "am" _absolutely_ SURE about what I am doing :)

Could you please try running those things on a backup of your kernel 
source and see if you could duplicate those errors?

Eagerly awaiting your reply.

~Mayuresh


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