From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Mar 28 4:44:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAAE937BA59 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:44:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00905 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:47:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id OAA05002 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:44:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (wandering-wizard.cybercity.dk [212.242.43.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B24F37BE26 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:42:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.freebsd.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA01496; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:41:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: chris@calldei.com, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Union mount of fdesc on top of /dev In-reply-to: Your message of "28 Mar 2000 14:38:38 +0200." Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:41:56 +0200 Message-ID: <1494.954247316@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: >Poul-Henning Kamp writes: >> In message , Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: >> > Anyway, since /dev/std* never change, how about having fdesc *only* >> > handle the /dev/fd/* stuff, so you can (non-union) mount it on /dev/fd >> > and let /dev/std* be either symlinks to /dev/fd/[012] or plain old >> > static device nodes like they're now? >> Symlinks have my vote. > >The downside is they'll be broken if fdesc isn't mounted... Well, they would too if fdesc implemented them, wouldn't they ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message