Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 10:17:36 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I see one major problem with DEVFS... Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.980531100755.4244B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <19980531015319.33329@follo.net>
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On Sun, 31 May 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: > If you want to be really nice, I'd say implement a reverse mapping > from the major/minor numbers for the time being. We will (of course) > get rid of this later, but it would allow an almost completely smooth > transition to DEVFS. Ok, but would you care to elaborate on some of the dirty details and creating a coherent outline that Julian can follow? Be sure to include things like handling aliases and how to keep the vnode, name cache, and major/minor reverse mapping in sync. Regards, Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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