Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:31:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com>, FreeBSD Hackers List <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: what is devfs? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909191725000.3586-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909181322590.19831-100000@home.elischer.org>
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On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > DEVFS itself works fine however a subsystem it required to be a useful > abstraction was vandalised and stripped out by some people who "didn't get > it" and it has not yet been replaced by equivalent code. It seems more correct (to me) to state that there was a furious disagreement over whether or not to allow some memory of file permissions in devfs. Since there was never any agreement, DEVFS has smoldered. I think there's general agreement it would be a good thing to have, but that argument over how to keep user configurations must be handled. Saying it was dumped by people who "didn't get it" isn't quite correct, just people who didn't agree with your viewpoint on permissions. It wasn't only your viewpoint, I know there were many other highly qualified folks who agreed with you, but there wasn't much spirit of compromise evinced. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C programming, Electronics, 213 Lakeside Dr. Apt. T-1 | communications, and signal processing. Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD-current(i386) and (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD-current(Alpha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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