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Subject: Re: system running with DEVFS
To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier)
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:48:12 -0800 (PST)
From: "JULIAN Elischer" <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960319191330.249G-100000@ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Mar 19, 96 07:22:23 pm
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> 
> 
> Hi...
> 
> 	I don't know if anyone is actually using devfs yet, as mounted
> onto /dev, but this afternoon I decided to try, and after some minor 
> modifications to pcvt_drv.c, got my system up and running.
> 

what mods?

> 	One thing I'm curious about, though, is:
> 
> freebsd# ls -lt /devfs/log /dev/log

> srw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel         0 Mar 19 19:11 /dev/log
 this is a socket..
> crw-------  2 root  wheel    7,   0 Mar 19 19:11 /devfs/log
and this is something totally different
but I have no idea which is correct....

> 
> to duplicate this properly.
 you can't make a socket with devfs
 It's not a device....
> 
>