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Date:      Wed, 7 Dec 1994 19:58:28 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU
Cc:        CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-etc@freefall.cdrom.com, davidg@Root.COM
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV
Message-ID:  <199412070858.TAA31027@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>That is a fairly old X (2.0?).  Since version 2.1 XFree86 tries to open
>/dev/ttyv0 first, and then /dev/vga if that fails.

>Checking on my fairly newly installed FreeBSD 2.0, I see that there is a
>/dev/vga sym-link:

>lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  5 Nov 29 08:59 /dev/vga -> ttyv0

>I didn't create this.

In 2.0R the link is created when pc0 is created and pc0 is created for
`sh MAKEDEV all'.  I think creating the link to support old versions
of X is harmless, at least for new versions of X.

Bruce



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