udev

If someone told me this before I would not belive him, but look how simple it is (Kernel Trap: Linux: ndevfs - a "nano" devfs)

find /sys/block /sys/class -name dev -printf '%h\n' | while read d; do
    n=${d//*\//}
    i=$(<$d/dev)
    mknod $n ${d:5:1} ${i/:/ }
done

... I really *have to* take a closer look at udev and hotplug ...

PS: Don't think I ever prefered devfs, I just can't belive how good the design is.