Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 00:37:02 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Review/Test: Pseudo-device unit number management patch Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402080034540.24800-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <16065.1076227919@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402072348240.24800-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju > lian Elischer writes: > > >> I would appreciate if people would test these devices work _as > >> previously_ with this patch in place. > > > >well that depends on your definition of "as previously" > > > >Previously, nmdm started off with 4 devices visible in /dev now I don't > >see that.. The old behaviour was intuitive... You saw a device. > > This new behaviour is called a "cloning device" and it doesn't allocate > any resources until they are actually needed, which I belive is the > correct behaviour for pseudo-devices. As I said.. I doesn't behave _as Previously_ which is what you asked.. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. >
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