From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 21 00:39:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA07999 for current-outgoing; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:39:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA07994 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:39:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0tzfti-0003xZC; Thu, 21 Mar 96 00:39 PST Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id GAA14055; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 06:48:15 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: davidg@Root.COM cc: Terry Lambert , julian@ref.tfs.com (JULIAN Elischer), scrappy@ki.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEVFS vs "regular /dev" In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:10:05 PST." <199603210010.QAA03902@Root.COM> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 06:48:14 +0000 Message-ID: <14053.827390894@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> > This assumes that the file system abstractions currently in place > >> > change as well, since the /dev FS can't be mounted *after* the / FS > >> > has been mounted as an inferior FS -- > >> why not? > >> you don't need a mounted /dev to mount root. > >> that's done specially. > > > >So you don't need a mounted root to have a mounted /dev, of course! > > That's silly. The root filesystem is mounted long before /dev would be, Not that long before. /sbin/init will have to mount it to get in touch with /dev/console, /dev/null and ... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.