linux-kernel - Re: udev breakages -

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Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:42:54 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	Lennart Poettering <lennart@...ttering.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay@...hat.com>,
	Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Ivan Kalvachev <ikalvachev@...il.com>
Subject: Re: udev breakages -

On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 10:29:51AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> There are still quite a few interesting cases that devtmpfs does not
> even think about supporting.  Cases that were reported when devtmpfs was
> being reviewed. 

Care to refresh my memory?

> Additionally the devtmpfs maintainership has not dealt with legitimate
> concerns any better than this firmware issue has been dealt with.  I
> still haven't even hear a productive suggestion back on the hole
> /dev/ptmx mess.

I don't know how to handle the /dev/ptmx issue properly from within
devtmpfs, does anyone?  Proposals are always welcome, the last time this
came up a week or so ago, I don't recall seeing any proposals, just a
general complaint.

thanks,

greg k-h
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