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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

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