From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 17:28:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3824D106564A for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 17:28:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ed@hoeg.nl) Received: from palm.hoeg.nl (mx0.hoeg.nl [IPv6:2001:610:652::211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09F98FC16 for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 17:28:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ed@hoeg.nl) Received: by palm.hoeg.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6DC121CC1A; Tue, 27 May 2008 19:27:00 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 19:27:00 +0200 From: Ed Schouten To: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <20080527172700.GM64397@hoeg.nl> References: <20080527130615.GJ64397@hoeg.nl> <20080527150244.GN21317@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <483C4358.2050707@elischer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IoFIGPN1N3g1Ryqz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <483C4358.2050707@elischer.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Kostik Belousov , arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simplifying devfs: minor == unit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:28:21 -0000 --IoFIGPN1N3g1Ryqz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Julian Elischer wrote: > Make sure that old binaries that expect the minor number sot be on a =20 > certain format are not broken.. > > try run some old 2.2.5 binaries in a 2.2.5 jail with /dev mounted and =20 > make sure that things like ptys work. This should not be a problem. Even though they are called minor numbers, they must not be confused with the device minor numbers which are shown in /dev. These are always the same as the inode number of the device. The minor numbers which are currently being used inside the kernel have no actual purpose, but are only there to remain compatible with certain KPI's. --=20 Ed Schouten WWW: http://80386.nl/ --IoFIGPN1N3g1Ryqz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkg8RGQACgkQ52SDGA2eCwWMPACcD9w7bwdpPOEI+VbH9moodbKw fgYAn0dngnfBCuNwSz5zSd4RHGVdbWDy =J+gf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IoFIGPN1N3g1Ryqz--