From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Mar 28 4:32: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70DA737BA5B for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:31:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00558 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:35:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id OAA04947 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:31:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (wandering-wizard.cybercity.dk [212.242.43.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC5F37B596 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:31:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.freebsd.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA01396; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:31:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: chris@calldei.com, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Union mount of fdesc on top of /dev In-reply-to: Your message of "28 Mar 2000 14:28:33 +0200." Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:31:20 +0200 Message-ID: <1394.954246680@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: >Anyway, since /dev/std* never change, how about having fdesc *only* >handle the /dev/fd/* stuff, so you can (non-union) mount it on /dev/fd >and let /dev/std* be either symlinks to /dev/fd/[012] or plain old >static device nodes like they're now? Symlinks have my vote. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message