The future of device numbers

The future of device numbers

Posted Jan 8, 2004 18:37 UTC (Thu) by set (guest, #4788)
In reply to: The future of device numbers by holstein
Parent article: The future of device numbers

The kernel really doesnt care what you use; you can have a static
/dev directory filled with ordinary device files, or if your kernel
has devfs support configured in, you can optionally mount devfs over
/dev, and use that. Additionally, if your kernel has, IIRC, hotplug
and sysfs configured in, you could optionally use udev.

In other words, what you use is a mater of choice, or more likely
the choice of your distribution. (eg. Gentoo likes to use devfs,
but you dont _have_ to.) However, when they say that devfs is
deprecated, it means someday they will rip out that code, and then
choosing devfs will be harder;)

(as an example, currently, I run Gentoo, with a 2.6 kernel, and use
devfs. a friend of mine does the same, except no devfs, just a
static /dev directory.)

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