Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: Migrating to larger numbers

# Re: Migrating to larger numbers

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:34:47 -0700

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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

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