Re: Device entries in sysfs

[Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:11:56AM +0530, Maneesh Soni wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 08:25:34AM +0530, ANIL JACOB wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Maneesh ,
> >  I am a newbie in linux kernel hacking. I am having a doubt about the device
> > entries for the new kernels.
> > 
> > Earlier it used to be in the /dev directories and my understanding is, it is
> > gradually being removed from the dev directory to some other directory . But
> > looking through the /sys directory where the nodes corresponding to kobjects
> > is mounted , I got the idea that it is just listing some properties of the
> > concerned devices [ Kobject in fact ].

No, /dev entries are still in /dev, they are not moving anywhere.

> >  So where exactly is the device entries going to be ?

Same place as always.

thanks,

greg k-h

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