Absolutely. PCMCIA has done that for years.
> If that's how you want to do things, then i can see why you think
> dynamic devices are bad, or at the very least ugly.
"dynamic devices" means something different in the Linux universe than
"hotpluggable devices." "dynamic devices" are those whose device
numbers move around.
> Better to reboot your computer or unload/load the bus driver whenever
> you want to plug in, eg, your firewire digital camera, or your usb
> speakers. Yes, much better. (sorry for the sarcasm).
>
> On the otherhand, with devfs, dynamic devices become piss easy. You plug
> in your USB camera. The USB driver registers it, and the /dev entry
> magically appears. (what it'll be called is another issue - not
> devfs's). A lot less pain, a lot cleaner, a lot saner, and generic.
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