From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 21 05:14:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA25091 for current-outgoing; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 05:14:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA25086 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 05:14:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id FAA05246; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 05:13:54 -0800 Message-Id: <199603211313.FAA05246@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: Terry Lambert , julian@ref.tfs.com (JULIAN Elischer), scrappy@ki.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEVFS vs "regular /dev" In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 21 Mar 1996 06:48:14 GMT." <14053.827390894@critter.tfs.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 05:13:54 -0800 Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> >> > This assumes that the file system abstractions currently in place >> >> > change as well, since the /dev FS can't be mounted *after* the / FS >> >> > has been mounted as an inferior FS -- >> >> why not? >> >> you don't need a mounted /dev to mount root. >> >> that's done specially. >> > >> >So you don't need a mounted root to have a mounted /dev, of course! >> >> That's silly. The root filesystem is mounted long before /dev would be, > >Not that long before. /sbin/init will have to mount it to get in touch >with /dev/console, /dev/null and ... No, it will be mounted in the kernel. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project