Re: devfs patch v3

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:18:40 +1100


H. Peter Anvin writes:
> >
> > On 11 Jan 1998 19:00:30 GMT, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >
> > >> If it hasen't been brought up I here by throw it into the loop. (I'll
> > start
> > >> following this thread from now on)
> > >>
> > >
> > >There has been a problem (scsidev, I think) to do this in user-space
> > >for a long time...
> >
> > The problem with this it is SCSI only and it doesn't help you if
> > you move your boot partitions or reorder the partitions surrounding it.
> > (Not to mention the other problems with the current system)
> >
>
> Not if you put it on initrd.

Yuk.

Regards,

Richard....