From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 25 15:07:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA21956 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:07:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA21950 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:06:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (root@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02923; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:23:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA03634; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:23:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199809252023.VAA03634@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Alok K. Dhir" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:32:34 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:23:43 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Forgive my ignorance, but I'd like to understand what the benefit of DEVFS > is, and how it will make our lives better once it works 100% in 3.0, and > CAM supports it, etc. > > If you have a sec, please explain... I think Julian agrees - none unless the SLICE stuff is implemented. I've no idea why it was taken out either - maybe Julian made the diagnostics too verbose :-) Seriously, IMHO, the DEVFS/SLICE commit was as impressive as the recent [EPC]-days (and D-day would have had a certain ring to it). It was a far more radical idea though - both a strength and a weakness! Maybe the way forward is to try to introduce the SLICE stuff independently of DEVFS, and then to sit DEVFS neatly on top when the time comes. > Thanks! -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message