> Also, you obviously haven't thought it through AT ALL. Hint: partitions.
>
> If you have /dev/hda1, that _cannot_ be a symlink to the physical tree,
> because on a physical level that partition DOES NOT EXIST. It's purely a
> virtual mapping.
I don't see why partitions in devicefs are bad idea.
Some physical chips show as multiple devices in devicefs, so I'd guess it
would be okay for partitions to be there, too.
Pavel
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