Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:27:19 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ccd ccd.c src/sys/dev/vn vn.c src/sys/sys conf.h src/sys/i386/isa fd.c mcd.c scd.c wcd.c wd.c wt.c s Message-ID: <199607261727.LAA28387@rover.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:42:56 PDT
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: It would also allow you to make links, like: : : ln -s /dev/cuaa0 /dev/mouse : : Which get recreated automagically when devfs is next mounted. Yes, : you could accomplish the same effect with a handful of commands in : /etc/rc.local, but the point is to make it transparent and so obey the : principle of least astonishment. Hmmm, sounds like what is needed is a file system that maintains a file, lets call it /etc/devperms to invent a name. When you mount this file system, it reads that file. When you hack this file system, it hacks that file for you. When you unmount, nothing would happen to that file. All of this is dependent, of course, on the existance of real devices on the system. I don't know how hard something like that would be to do, but I think that's what people are asking for.... Warner
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