Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 18:08:16 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: I see one major problem with DEVFS... Message-ID: <199805300108.SAA16711@time.cdrom.com>
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bash# ls -l bpf* crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 May 29 08:03 bpf0 crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 1 May 29 08:03 bpf1 crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 2 May 29 08:03 bpf2 crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 3 May 29 08:03 bpf4 bash# rm bpf4 bash# ls -l bpf* crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 May 29 08:03 bpf0 crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 1 May 29 08:03 bpf1 crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 2 May 29 08:03 bpf2 bash# mknod bpf4 c 23 3 E.g. I can shoot my foot off, but I can't sew it back on. :-) Also, while I'm on this topic, what is the purpose served by DEVFS auto-mounting itself on "dummy_mount"? I'm only going to mount it as /dev later, so I don't really get the idea behind the first instance of it. Is it for "cloning" purposes or something? - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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