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Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> writes:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 03:32:16PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > Please also remember:  /dev is _not_ an inventory of available devices.
> Just curious: what is it then? An inventory of available drivers? An
> inventory of open devices?

What it always has been: a collection of device nodes, some of which
may correspond to existing devices.

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