Re: [PATCH] devfs v99.11 available

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 20:28:08 EST


> > Okay. I'm just curious. Where did you get the idea of using /dev/vc/
> > from. Is this some sort of standard I'm unaware of ? What technical
> > reason is their for this move?
>
> It's desirable for /dev to contain subdirectories rather than having
> everything lumped into the top-level directory. It makes it easier to
> see what you have and also makes things easier to manage.
>
> I can't remember who chose /dev/vc/ in this particular case, but the
> principle of moving things into subdirectories is fully supported by
> Linus. In fact, he wanted me to go further than I had :-)

Okay. I'm curious. What did Linus have in mind?

P.S

 Do I hear linux having a Hardware graph like IRIX in the future as well?

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