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Date:      Sat, 30 May 1998 17:52:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I see one major problem with DEVFS...
Message-ID:  <199805302152.RAA17435@rtfm.ziplink.net>
In-Reply-To: <17376.896521066@critter.freebsd.dk> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at "May 30, 98 11:37:46 am"

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Poul-Henning Kamp once stated:

=Removing /dev/lpt0 doesn't make sense, it doesn't remove the driver,
=it doesn't attach from the hardware, it merely removes the namesticker
=from the mailbox.

May be this should be the semantics of `rm' on the DEVFS? Removal
of the driver, or telling it to stop driving a particular device?
(If possible, otherwise, rm fails?) mknod (or, `touch'!!) can then
be used to load the driver back (if possible).

Too far off? 

	-mi

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