From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 28 19:23:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0650316A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:23:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from baltazar.r404.com (baltazar.R404.com [69.56.206.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB8443D2F for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:23:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from radek@raadradd.com) Received: from bww3.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl ([83.29.246.3] helo=raadradd.homeunix.org ident=postfix) by baltazar.r404.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.42) id 1CCNZA-00040S-2H; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:23:12 +0200 Received: by raadradd.homeunix.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 51699A558; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:24:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:24:24 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20040928192424.GH62265@werd> References: <20040927231347.GZ62265@werd> <20040928170131.9FAE65D04@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040928170131.9FAE65D04@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders: radek X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - baltazar.r404.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - raadradd.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: Jochen Gensch cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 available X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:23:21 -0000 On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 10:01:31AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > And, do you know if devfs.rules can create links such as are created > > > by devfs.conf? I want to have /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd symlinked to my > > > DVD drive when I attach it. > > > > I think devfs.conf is the right place for it (assuming /dev/acd0 is your > > dvd drive): > > > > link acd0 dvd > > link acd0 cdrom > > I think you missed my point on the creation of symlinks. I have them in > devfs.conf, but those operations are only done at boot time. If I have > no DVD in my system at boot time and add one later, I need to manually > create the symlinks. Well, for me it's different and I just checked on my system to verify it - dvd and cdrom symlinks were created at boot time even though there was no media inside, and continue to exist after mounting and umounting a cdrom. -Radek