Re: devfs unable to handle permission: 2.4.17-pre[4,5] /ALSA-0.9.0beta[9,10]

[Borsenkow Andrej]

>> There are some broken boot scripts (modelled after the long obsolete 
>> rc.devfs script) 
>
>
> Which is still included in the kernel tree and at least Mandrake is 
> currently using it. 

Which resulted in weird problems like floating device numbers, broken
links in /dev/cdroms, mysteriously disappearing sound nodes ... 

I very much appreciate this decision. Copying over device nodes is evil.
It should be stopped by all means (as long as devfs is going to be
used).

-andrej