Re: Devlinks. Code. (Dcache abuse?)

[Alan Cox]

>    A device special file is a gateway between a user (admin)
>    controlled name space (the filesystem) and a kernel imposed name
>    space (major/minor numbers) that recognises and imposes access
>    control (owner/group/permissions).
> 
> The (a) problem with this is that major/minor numbers are too limited,

Textual names have unsolved problems too
	1.	Who administers the namespace
	2.	When trademarks get entangled whats the disputes procedure

Do you want to create a situation where a future kernel is likely to be
forced to change a device naming because an "official" vendor driver appears
too and they demand the namespace and wave trademarks around ?

> A Devlink looks like a symlink with the "sticky" (S_ISVTX) bit set.
> Indeed, that is how it is stored on a filesystem.

That seems basically sound. I'm not sure about the devfs part but that
is a seperate matter. 

Alan