devfs provides a solution to these problems and also gives system administrators a new tool for checking which devices are available. devfs is written as a virtual filesystem driver, and it keeps ...

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I've noticed that some of my modules are failing to load on boot because the associated devices "aren't there yet" because devfs hasn't created them. At least, this is what I think is happening ...

In light of the previously mentioned problems, the udev Project was started. Its goals are to run in user space; create a dynamic /dev; provide consistent device naming, if wanted; and provide a ...