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From: mdean <mdean@best.com>
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Subject: devfs / cdevsw
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When should I use cdevsw, and when should I use devfs, will new systems
have the /devs mountpoint or something?  And if your device is named dummy
then how are you supposed to use NDUMMY, and where does it get defined?