Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 02:35:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: michaelh@cet.co.jp Cc: ambrisko@whistle.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS & sound drivers question Message-ID: <199804280735.CAA04409@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.95.980428091711.21323B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> (message from Michael Hancock on Tue, 28 Apr 1998 09:23:46 %2B0900 (JST)) References: <Pine.SV4.3.95.980428091711.21323B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
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>> Should DEVFS make these devices (MAKEDEV did)? >> Should these be made as a sym-link and can DEVFS make a sym-link? > DEVFS doesn't have a way to deal with user configured persistent data yet. > Julian is talking about doing it with /etc/rc.devfs or something like > that. > The way refcounting works is confusing and has lead to tangents in the > skeleton code for these ops, see VNSLEAZE. Would a union filesystem be a good thing here, or would it kinda just defeat the purpose of devfs? Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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