Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 18:36:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d devfs Message-ID: <20030502183448.P12694@znfgre.qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20030503090527.F33245@gamplex.bde.org> References: <10211.1051867762@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030503090527.F33245@gamplex.bde.org>
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On Sat, 3 May 2003, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Fri, 2 May 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> > In message <200305020810.h428AxCw057728@repoman.freebsd.org>, Mike Makonnen wri
> > tes:
> > >mtm 2003/05/02 01:10:59 PDT
> > >
> > > FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > > etc/rc.d devfs
> > > Log:
> > > Create a symbolic link /dev/vga -> /dev/ttyv0.
> >
> > Why isn't this link created by the device driver anyway ?
>
> Some drivers don't fully support devfs yet.
>
> As explained in MAKEDEV in RELENG_4, /dev/vga is compatibility
> cruft for a pccons interface and/or X. It shouldn't exist, but
> still seems to be used by X:
X 4.3 doesn't seem to use it, which is why I missed the need for Mike's
update in my testing. We might be able to get away with dropping this, but
I'm not 100% sure yet.
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