Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:06:14 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Wyatt Banks <banksw@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: to MAKEDEV or not to MAKEDEV, that is my question Message-ID: <20010905120614.D76765@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109050939290.18902-100000@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>; from banksw@fang.cs.sunyit.edu on Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:42:15AM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109050939290.18902-100000@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
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--SFyWQ0h3ruR435lw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:42:15AM -0400, Wyatt Banks wrote: > Apparently on this mailing list there seems to be a lot of confusion about > when to use makedev and what argument to pass it. Is there an official > guide that shows me exactly when I add an X to my system, that I need to > makedev Y and makedev Z? If that hardware uses devices, and when you try and access the hardware the devices for it don't exist, you need to MAKEDEV them. That's really about as difficult as it gets. Kris --SFyWQ0h3ruR435lw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7lnelWry0BWjoQKURAt2IAKC1IDrE9zc8xXkyaRkWE/H6xmvMTwCgkcZw rormYL7nbPn0d1+xHO4RW9I= =ykeR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SFyWQ0h3ruR435lw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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