udev is the way of the future -- and it works now. Fedora Core should, sooner or later, switch to using it. I vote for sooner. :)
Later. :) Seriously, it's a little late for FC2 at this point.
:) Fair enough -- just wanted to get this in here. I'll move it to FC3 when that's an option.
Can't be fixed in MAKEDEV alone -> distribution.