devfs vs udev/hotplug

Joerg Sonnenberger joerg at britannica.bec.de
Wed Apr 21 21:59:40 PDT 2004


On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 02:16:59PM -0500, Dave Leimbach wrote:
> >     Devices are not created and destroyed all that often, so performance 
> >     isn't really an issue.
> 
> Sure.. unless you like to plug in and unplug your USB keyboard a lot and very
> fast... 

You know, that is asking for trouble :) IIRC the USB stack still has
some problems with fast attachment/detachment of devices.

Joerg





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