Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:41:19 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tape device names and devfs Message-ID: <200103061641.f26GfJe09146@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <982uie$cer$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> "from Christian Weisgerber at Mar 6, 2001 03:09:02 pm"
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Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> > dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas
^^^^
whoops rsa0
> > sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current.
>
> Then this should be fixed.
But, what is the correct fix? Add symlink magic to rc.devfs?
Change dump(8)?
> The non-'r' device names have been standard in -CURRENT for quite
> some time. MAKEDEV only creates 'r'-names for backwards compatibility.
MAKEDEV's behavior satisfies POLA by creating the symlinks. If
symlinks aren't created in rc.devfs, then how many (custom)
scripts will this break?
--
Steve
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