>> > Well, this is a deficit of the Linux kernel - not libscg. >> >> This is exactly what I have written -- extra effort is needed to get >> a stable numbering (which Solaris does), but you can use a very similar >> extra care to get stable names (which Linux with udev does). > >As this conceptional deficite in Linux causes Linux to break POSIX >compliance e.g. for stat(2) with hot plugged devices, people with The struct stat->st_rdev field need to be stable too to comply to POSIX? >sufficient background knowledge should know that Linux tried to fix a >low level bug at a high level ignoring that the mid-level is still broken. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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