On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Adam Hoka wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:18:54 +0100 > Joerg Sonnenberger <jo...@britannica.bec.de> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 06:12:40PM +0100, Adam Hoka wrote: > > > Im wondering if it would be too hack-ish to make devfs file > > > backed (at least optionally, in case of early boot or read > > > only rootfs). > > > > > > For example: mount -t devfs /etc/devfs.db /dev > > > > How is that different from mounting devfs and calling mtree next? > > Atomicity (or at least on-line updates to the database). > > This could also enable you to do > mount -t devfs /etc/devfs-bindchroot.db /var/chroot/bind/dev > for example. So you can have different permissions at a different location.
I don't think a static database will cut it. What happens when someone attaches a new USB stick and devfs generates a bunch of new nodes? What ownership and permissions should they get? Eduardo