/dev Questions
Why does /dev include devices that do not exist?
Wouldn't it be friendlier to only list existing devices?
Or am I missing something obvious?
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Quoted 5 lines · Scott Robert Ladd
Why does /dev include devices that do not exist?
Wouldn't it be friendlier to only list existing devices?
Or am I missing something obvious?
yea, you're missing devfs. :)
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Quoted 1 line · Michael Buesch
yea, you're missing devfs. :)
Yeah, I finally figured that out. For some reason, I'd missed that item...
...as it is, I think I'll spend some time reading the Documentation folder. Those text files must be there for some good reason... ;)
..Scott
Quoted 1 line · Scott Robert Ladd
Why does /dev include devices that do not exist?
/dev is only a bunch of device nodes that knows nothing about any devices physically present in the system.
devfs creates a dynamic filesystem that is managed by the kernel that only shows the devices present in the kernel at that point in time.
udev attempts to manage a /dev partition from userspace by watching all of the hotplug events coming from the kernel that announce device removal and additions.
Hope this helps,
greg k-h