From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 27 18:27:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03F9016A400; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:27:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from babkin@verizon.net) Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B599C44F23; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:27:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from babkin@verizon.net) Received: from vms063.mailsrvcs.net ([192.168.1.4]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0J1J002IA71P4QO5@vms046.mailsrvcs.net>; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:22:37 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:22:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Sergey Babkin To: Poul-Henning Kamp , "M. Warner Losh" Message-id: <25558880.3245341151432557535.JavaMail.root@vms063.mailsrvcs.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, pjd@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re: Accessing disks via their serial numbers. X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: babkin@users.sf.net List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:27:34 -0000 >From: Poul-Henning Kamp >In message <20060627.103343.-432837786.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes >: > >>: devfs is not a hardware inventory facility, it is magic place for >>: performing a rendez-vous with a device driver. >> >>True, but somewhat irrelvant. > >Not really, it has to be kept in mind to avoid decending into the >hell currently reserved for Linux procfs :-) >From the user/sysadmin perspective I must say that I really love the Linux procfs. It makes the life so much easier. -SB