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

[Miles Bader]

Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >   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's something I don't understand: I thought that with a well
> > configured hotplug+udev system, you'll never have to worry about loading
> > drivers on device-node open() because all drivers should be auto-loaded
> > and all device-nodes should be auto-created.
> 
> No, you are correct.  That's why I'm not really worried about this, and
> I don't think anyone else should be either.

Is there a specific case for which people want this feature?
Offhand it seems like a slightly odd thing to ask for...

-Miles
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