Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 15:47:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com>, FreeBSD Hackers List <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: what is devfs? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909191546420.19879-100000@home.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909191725000.3586-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > 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 it" and it has not yet been replaced by equivalent code.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. file permissions were not relevant to the code that was ripped out (the stackable disk partitionning layers) (called SLICE). > > 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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