devfs vs udev/hotplug

[esmith <esmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What do people think of the udev/hotplug solution vs devfs? At first 
inspection, udev appears to be a little more Dragonfly-ish because of 
its placement in userland.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ
http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/1893
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml