Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:28:33 +0800 From: "Thomas E. Zander" <riggs@rrr.de> To: phk@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Am I blind? (devfs issue) Message-ID: <20030127092833.GH1408@trillian.mugiri.au> In-Reply-To: <20205.1043657365@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20030127084537.GG1408@trillian.mugiri.au> <20205.1043657365@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Hi, On Mon, 27. Jan 2003, at 9:49 +0100, phk@freebsd.org wrote according to [Re: Am I blind? (devfs issue)]: > >Could somebody explain to me why the device isn't listed in the first > >ls -l call? > > Hehe: welcome to clonable devices :-) > > Notice that the major/minor is 3/27 which maps to /dev/dsp0.0. > > /dev/dsp is a cloned device which gives you the first free /dev/dsp* > device. > > cloned devices do not appear in readdir requests, that's why you don't > see it with "ls -l /dev/dsp*" Okay, I understand. Thanks for the quick answer. Riggs -- - "[...] I talked to the computer at great length and -- explained my view of the Universe to it" said Marvin. --- And what happened?" pressed Ford. ---- "It committed suicide." said Marvin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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