linux-kernel - Re: RFC: deprecating/removing the legacy mode of devpts

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Message-ID: <20120409133759.GH6589@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:37:59 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: deprecating/removing the legacy mode of devpts

On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 02:43:55PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:

> As mentioned earlier, udev is not involved at all here. It's all in the
> kernel these days; all device nodes are created by the kernel and not by
> udev.

... on the systems that have devtmpfs enabled.  And no, "runs castrated
udev" is not "all systems out there that might want a new kernel".
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