Re: Migrating to larger numbers

[H. Peter Anvin]

Christoph Lameter wrote:
> 
> devfs is just another way of mapping filenames to device drivers. Could
> not the driver you list somehow tap into the devfs mechanism? The old way
> with numbers will be limited in the long run.
> 

That's just silly.  The devfs idea is that policy goes into the kernel
-- that's backwards.  Policy is one of the thing that you want to keep
miles away.

	-hpa