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Date:      Fri, 29 May 1998 21:55:55 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I see one major problem with DEVFS... 
Message-ID:  <17587.896504155@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 May 1998 06:00:08 %2B0200." <19980530060008.33353@follo.net> 

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> Allowing mknod on a devfs would be somewhat akin to pointing an Uzi at
> your foot and playing with how close to the actual trig limit you can
> pull the trigger without firing.

Naw, nothing so dire.  Backwards compatability doesn't always have to
be asthetically pleasing, it just has to work and for a reasonable
period of time until people have made the transition.

- Jordan

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