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> How do you suppose a distribution is going to ensure that only the device
> nodes for the installed hardware are in /dev for the users that don't
> necessarily feel like rm'ing all those nodes they don't need while still
> providing all the /dev entries needed for the largest of systems?
By recording in /dev the devices configured in by the user when setting up
the system. By running a script that probes for extant devices, and just
configures those.
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