> > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:16PM -0600, Jason Holland wrote: > > Devfs has a compatibility mode which can be turned on. it > enables the old > > device paths, like /dev/hda4, to coexist with the new > paths, though mount > > will report the new path. > > it does that though a kludge daemon. the same kludge required to > allow chown/chgrp/chmod to work. > > that is unacceptable, the only acceptable option is to allow: > > CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n >
haha! i happen to agree that the path names are ridiculous. however, i'd rather have a 100 devices to look through, than 5000 without devfs turned on. isn't it nice to have a choice? Jason
