devfs isn't a mindless new feature. It's preparation for the big changes
planned for kernel 3.0, iirc. (I havent payed attention to kernel dev
for a while, so I can't elaborate.)
Aside from that, an immutable naming scheme for discs is quite attrac-
tive, if you ever add hardware. It's _useful_ to be able to insert a few
discs _anywhere_ in your IO chain and not affect the naming of other
devices.
In the struggle between usefulness and blind inertia, usefulness wins in
the Linux world.
- chad
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unix brujo, shutterbug, bookworm | open, people will throw a lot of
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