Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:48:04 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb devices and devfs settings Message-ID: <xzpad3nhtfv.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040213144338.GA13380@gvr.gvr.org> (Guido van Rooij's message of "Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:43:38 %2B0100") References: <20040213113134.GA11021@gvr.gvr.org> <xzpn07nawqu.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040213144338.GA13380@gvr.gvr.org>
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Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> writes: > Indeed. However, I don't really understand the purpos of devfs.conf > then: why a one time bootup config file, when you have a mechanism > that works like in devfs(8)? Why not rewrite devfs.conf in the > devfs(8) way, load the rulesets and do an apply? Because devfs.conf was a temporary measure which noone has gotten around to removing yet. Part of the problem is that the rc.conf syntax for defining devfs(8) rules to be applied at boot time is complex and poorly documented. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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