Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:45:32 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: tech-kern@netbsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x Message-ID: <200510270845.32525.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <20051026172252.GA23243@netbsd.org> References: <200510242235.48403.hselasky@c2i.net> <20051026172252.GA23243@netbsd.org>
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On October 26, 2005 10:22 am, Bill Studenmund wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:35:47PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > Main features: > > - Implements FreeBSD's devfs on NetBSD. > In the past, we (NetBSD folks) have talked about a devfs. One issue > that has come up (I'll be honest, I've raised it a lot) is a desire to > retain permission changes across boots, and to tie devices (when > possible) to a device-specific attribute rather than a probe order. FreeBSD 5+ has /etc/devfs.conf and /etc/devfs.rules which include information regarding permissions and ownership for device nodes under /dev. These files can even be used for creating fancy names for devices using symlinks (like /dev/burner for CD-RW devices, or /dev/floppy and so on). At boot time, /etc/devfs.conf is read, and /etc/devfs.rules is read whenever new devices are attached to the system (I believe that's how it works, anyway). Is that what you're looking for? > Does FreeBSD's devfs support locators and persistent information? Are > there plans to support something like that, if not? -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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