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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:49:46 +0100
From:      Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org>
To:        Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-15?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usb devices and devfs settings
Message-ID:  <20040213154946.GA14227@gvr.gvr.org>
In-Reply-To: <xzpad3nhtfv.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <20040213113134.GA11021@gvr.gvr.org> <xzpn07nawqu.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040213144338.GA13380@gvr.gvr.org> <xzpad3nhtfv.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 04:48:04PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> 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.

IMHO all that is needed is a rewrite of devfs.conf to the ruleset approach
and rewrite /etc/rc.d/devfs to apply that ruleset. Correct?

-Guido



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