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Date:      Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:13:36 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        shimon@simon-shapiro.org
Cc:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: devfs persistence 
Message-ID:  <5079.887750016@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Feb 1998 13:11:16 PST." <XFMail.980217131116.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> 

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In message <XFMail.980217131116.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>, Simon Shapiro writes

>>> So, if I create a file /etc/devfs.conf with something like :
>>> 
>>> # Sample /etc/devfs.conf
>>> 
>> [stuff removed]
>> 
>> yes
>
>So, where is the problem?  I see that you can have a simple, pure DEVFS,
>and a silly shell script can provide persistance and a user can still shoot
>him/herself in the foot.  So all the Unix requirements are met (simple,
>script modifyable, and self-destructable :-).
>
>I say, go for it.

Amen...

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
"Drink MONO-tonic, it goes down but it will NEVER come back up!"

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