From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 26 20:53:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FB4A1065672; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:53:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D7048FC15; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:53:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [84.49.246.2]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 777E56D41B; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:53:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4C249844E0; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:53:08 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" References: <200909261245.n8QCjSiM059385@svn.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:53:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200909261245.n8QCjSiM059385@svn.freebsd.org> (Bjoern A. Zeeb's message of "Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:45:28 +0000 (UTC)") Message-ID: <86pr9dh1hn.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.95 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r197518 - in head: share/man/man4 sys/amd64/conf sys/boot/forth sys/conf sys/dev/lindev sys/i386/conf sys/modules sys/modules/lindev sys/pc98/conf X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:53:09 -0000 "Bjoern A. Zeeb" writes: > Log: > lindev(4) [1] is supposed to be a collection of linux-specific pseudo > devices that we also support, just not by default (thus only LINT or > module builds by default). >=20=20=20 > While currently there is only "/dev/full" [2], we are planning to see m= ore > in the future. We may decide to change the module/dependency logic in = the > future should the list grow too long. >=20=20=20 > This is not part of linux.ko as also non-linux binaries like kFreeBSD > userland or ports can make use of this as well. >=20=20=20 > Suggested by: rwatson [1] (name) > Submitted by: ed [2] > Discussed with: markm, ed, rwatson, kib (weeks ago) > Reviewed by: rwatson, brueffer (prev. version) > PR: kern/68961 > MFC after: 6 weeks Also discussed with: des, who was in favor - both of the concept and of the implementation. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no