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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:58:15 -0400
Jason Day <jasonday at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 01:19:37PM -0400, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> > I was disappointed to find that Mandrake 10, though it uses a 2.6 kernel,
> > does not have devfs.  Does anyone know of a distibution that does have
> > devfs? 
> 
> Gentoo uses devfs.  However, devfs is marked as OBSOLETE in the 2.6
> kernel, which may be why Mandrake 10 doesn't use it.  The kernel
> developers appear to be embracing udev instead:
> 
&gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs";>http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs</a>
&gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ";>http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ</a>


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