Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:00:18 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 available Message-ID: <20040928200019.021DA5D0A@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:24:24 %2B0200." <20040928192424.GH62265@werd>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:24:24 +0200 > From: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> > > 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. I'm afraid that you're still missing the point. I'm not talking about media. The DRIVE is not present at boot time. No /dev/acd0 to point the symlink to. I insert the drive and use atacontrol(8) to connect and /dev/acd0 appear, but no /dev/cdrom. In some platforms ATA disk drives are just as removable as USB devices. That's why I thought that devd might be the right approach. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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