Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
>
> Path: there.is.no.cabal
> From: orc@pell.portland.or.us (david parsons)
>
> >Dynamic filesystems have their place. However, /dev isn't one of them.
>
> This argument has been done to death, so I'll do my executive summary
> for why it is:
>
> /dev is a database of the devices that are attached to the system.
> The system should publish, in a usable without black magic form,
> this database.
>
> Well, here's the executive summary on the other side. /dev is *not* the
> database of the devices that are attached to the system.
And that's the point where it's meaningless to argue. I want the
kernel to tell me what it knows, and I'll not presume to say what
you want (though some of the alternatives you've mentioned seem like
using a ton of baling wire and duct tape to replace an ounce of
epoxy cement.)
> This idea that /dev should be a "database" is not a traditional Unix
> view,
I disagree, but I've only been using Unix for 22 years.
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\/ else's lap.
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