Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-15,: Re: devfs - why not ?

# Re: devfs - why not ?

Johannes Erdfelt (jerdfelt@sventech.com)
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:39:42 -0400

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On Thu, Apr 13, 2000, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > So solving this is impossible and to not worry about it?
>
> Until we can find people who make mice and keyboards with serial numbers
> that are unique.

Ok, lets say that has happened. We have mice and keyboards with serial
numbers that are unique.

Right now, there is no way to bind a name to a device in the kernel.
How would you propose we do this?

JE

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