> Linux had a devfs and droped it. Now it has udevd(8). Most likely the > penguins had a reason for this. udevd(8) gives the user land control > over device enumeration. Maybe no bad idea. (Disclaimer: I don't like > Linux.)
I took a little glance at OpenSolaris/FreeBSD devfs man pages, and quickly stopped. They're all overly complicated. Those who complain about redundant device paths exposed should look at other implementations. I don't really like to have /etc/devfsd.conf and bikeshed its format. Exposing device tree works, because NetBSD's hardware device abstraction is done pretty much sanely (software abstraction has problems, tho). > BTW: OSF/1 aka DEC-Unix aka Tru64-Unix did somthing like Linux + > udevd(8) over 10 years ago. Good point. We're hopelessly behind. Masao -- Masao Uebayashi / Tombi Inc. / Tel: +81-90-9141-4635
