From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 25 05:23:03 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA14006 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 05:23:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA13988; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 05:22:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04154; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:22:49 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA09098; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:54:29 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199901250954.JAA09098@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Archie Cobbs cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS, the time has come... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 23 Jan 1999 01:10:32 PST." <199901230910.BAA14995@bubba.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 09:54:29 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [.....] > So I'd like to make another attempt to get agreement on the next > step here, so that *something* can happen. We need to get more > people using DEVFS, so we can gain some experience & feedback. > I don't think DEVFS has any issues that are not surmountable. > However, at some point you must take the next step. [.....] > Comments?? The issue here is not whether this proposal is a sufficient > *final* incarnation of DEVFS, but whether it's a sufficient next step.. How functional is DEVFS at the moment ? I was using it before the SLICE stuff was torn out, and gave up at that point. Without SLICE, does DEVFS create the devices with the same major/minor numbers as normal ? Without SLICE, is it necessary to have a /dev to boot off ? FWIW, I'm 100% behind DEVFS as none of the pitfalls affect me :-I > -Archie > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message