Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:41:47 +0000 From: Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, abial@nask.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Cc: peter@netplex.com.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS & SLICE? Message-ID: <199809222341.AAA01550@indigo.ie> In-Reply-To: <199809211223.OAA23471@sos.freebsd.dk>; Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG>
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On Sep 21, 2:23pm, Søren Schmidt wrote: } Subject: Re: DEVFS & SLICE? > In reply to Andrzej Bialecki who wrote: > > > > Soren, you said you used DEVFS without SLICE on regular basis. Tell me > > then, please, what for, because I can't see what (significant) added > > functionality over standard /dev/* it offered... > > It doesn't give me anything but an emptier looking /dev with only those > devices in it that I actually have :) I tried DEVFS for the first time today and thats about what I see too. What exactly is its purpose -- to replace a shell script? Am I missing something or is this a solution looking for a problem? (Apologies to the developers of DEVFS) Niall -- Niall Smart, rotel@indigo.ie. Amaze your friends and annoy your enemies: echo '#define if(x) if (!(x))' >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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