Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 11:54:31 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ccd ccd.c src/sys/dev/vn vn.c src/sys/sys conf.h src/sys/i386/isa fd.c mcd.c scd.c wcd.c wd.c wt.c sOR Message-ID: <199607311854.LAA02534@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <1430.838366976@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jul 26, 96 00:42:56 am
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> > Persistence would allow you to change the permissions on a device and > > have them stick. If a device was not availible, it wouldn't show up > > in /dev, but if it came back (say after replacing faulty hardware) > > any permission changes you made in the past would show up as soon as > > the device did. > > It would also allow you to make links, like: > > ln -s /dev/cuaa0 /dev/mouse > > Which get recreated automagically when devfs is next mounted. Yes, > you could accomplish the same effect with a handful of commands in > /etc/rc.local, but the point is to make it transparent and so obey the > principle of least astonishment. Use an rc file for now, and wait for a union mount over root for later if you *must* have persistance. The union would need to be slightly modified -- a "markup union" to allow you to change permissions, etc.. The union is also where you would make symlinks. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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