From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 24 15:52:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA06863 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:52:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gateway.zeus.leitch.com (gateway.zeus.leitch.com [205.210.38.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA06857 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:52:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tap.zeus.leitch.com (tap.zeus.leitch.com [204.187.60.10]) by gateway.zeus.leitch.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA24856 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 19:04:48 -0400 Received: from ale.zeus.leitch.com (ale.zeus.leitch.com [204.187.61.65]) by tap.zeus.leitch.com (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA20410 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 18:53:32 -0400 From: Dave Chapeskie Received: (dchapes@localhost) by ale.zeus.leitch.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA07460 for FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 18:53:32 -0400 Message-Id: <199604242253.SAA07460@ale.zeus.leitch.com> Subject: Re: Character device major numbers. To: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 18:53:31 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <12617.830381238@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Apr 24, 96 02:27:18 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL14 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thanks to all that replied to my question. Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > I think it's called `devfs' :-) > > Seriously - /sys/i386/i386/conf.c no longer exists. It is gone. Cool! I guess I should keep more informed on -current :-) With changes like this taking place is there anyplace that documents the correct way to install a new device driver into the system. For example for the dev_attach stuff I had to hunt through kernel source to find examples. It would be nice to have all the defvs and device registration routines documented somewhere. -- Dave Chapeskie Leitch Technology International Inc. Email: dchapes@zeus.leitch.com