[Gllug] SCSI and /dev

Doug Winter doug at pigeonhold.com
Wed Mar 3 11:41:42 UTC 2004


On Wed 03 Mar Bruce Richardson wrote:
> You could try devfs, which has some flaws but does give you a /dev
> structure that reflects the kernel's internal device naming scheme.

udev is almost certainly a better bet:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ

Also this interesting final word on LKML (which was anything but :)

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs

I have tried neither though.

doug.

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