Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6?

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 06:17:28AM +0100, Witukind wrote:
> From the udev FAQ:
> 
> Q: But udev will not automatically load a driver if a /dev node is opened
>    when it is not present like devfs will do.
> A: If you really require this functionality, then use devfs.  It is still
>    present in the kernel.
> 
> Will it have this 'equivalent functionality' some day?

Heh, no.  I really don't believe all of the people who keep asking me
this.  I think I need to reword this answer to something like:
  A:  That is correct.  If you really require this functionality, then
      use devfs.  There is no way that udev can support this, and it
      never will.

That better?  :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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