From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 24 15:31:39 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D37AD37B401 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:31:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from postal3.es.net (postal3.es.net [198.128.3.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B4643F3F for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:31:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal3.es.net (Postal Node 3) with ESMTP id MUA74016 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:31:34 -0800 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 997A75D04 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:31:33 -0800 (PST) To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Thanks for the work on devfs and devd! Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:31:33 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20030124233133.997A75D04@ptavv.es.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I just want to thank those who worked on NEWCARD, devfs and devd in V5.0, primarily Dima and imp, I guess. It's been badly needed for a long time, but the advent of USB and Firewire as well as the common use of FreeBSD on laptops had made the lack of dynamic device support a glaring problem in V4. Now that devd is working, things just work--like they should. While this might not be a project the size of the new SMP code, I wanted to let those responsible know that it is really appreciated. I also should thank the NetBSD folks who did the original NEWCARD work, but I don't know where they are. Lots of cool stuff in 5.0, but this one has been annoying me for a LONG time and I know it was really non-trivial to implement some parts of this. Thanks again! I now return you to your regular ration of gripes, some probably from me. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message