Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 06:48:14 +0000 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, julian@ref.tfs.com (JULIAN Elischer), scrappy@ki.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEVFS vs "regular /dev" Message-ID: <14053.827390894@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:10:05 PST." <199603210010.QAA03902@Root.COM>
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> >> > 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 ... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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