Re: PROPOSAL: /proc/dev

[Richard Gooch]

H. Peter Anvin writes:
> Followup to:  <[e-mail]>
> By author:    Richard Gooch <[e-mail]>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> >   Hi, all. My recent work on the /proc/mtrr interface has gotten me
> > thinking about an old discussion: configuring /dev entries. Instead o=
> f
> > complicated schemes for determining what devices are available and
> > automagically creating /dev entries, how about creating entries in
> > /proc/dev instead?
> >=20
> 
> Not again...

AFAIK, what I'm proposing is different from other proposals in the
past, which involved complex user-space daemons creating device
files/symlinks on-the-fly. I think /proc/dev is much cleaner than
those proposed daemons.

What is it you don't like about my proposal?

				Regards,

					Richard....