Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 07:50:25 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org, julian@ref.tfs.com Subject: Re: devfs policy question. Message-ID: <199604292150.HAA01543@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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[(1)] >what should happen to the vnode for /devfs/rsd1s1d if the slice code >decides that that device makes no sense any more, but there is a reference >because a preocess somewhere has it open.. (what if it's mounted?)? >At the moment a vgone() is done on the vnode. >is this right? This is harder to get right while both /dev and /devfs exist. It certainly isn't right if the vnode was opened in /dev. >Policy question number two >should devfs allow the creation of fifo/named pipes? >I tend to think yes.... they are dynamic and kinda-like devices No. Named pipes are static... Bruce
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