Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:00:31 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Review/Test: Pseudo-device unit number management patch Message-ID: <20040209140031.GT14639@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20040209.010318.89944026.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <6514.1076282830@critter.freebsd.dk> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402082112420.24800-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <20040209.010318.89944026.imp@bsdimp.com>
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--pnDjx0H/VpusRTEI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:03:18AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: +> s/I/we/ Others have signed off on this model. Maybe you could +> explain how such a device would exist, and its exact semantics. With +> a cloning device that phk is talking about, you open /dev/foo, and +> /dev/foo0, /dev/foo1, etc are automatically created. This is how +> things work on other systems for cloning devices. +>=20 +> One could argue the wisdom of making the tunnel device clonable (I +> happen to agree with it, but I can see the oppsoing argument). +> However, sensible cloning semantics have been well understood for +> years. BSD is very late to the party in not having these sorts of +> devices before now. Maybe more human-friendly way will be to create /dev/foo0 without request and if someone will open /dev/foo0, device /dev/foo1 will be created... Just an idea. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.FreeBSD.org pjd@FreeBSD.org http://garage.freebsd.pl FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --pnDjx0H/VpusRTEI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAJ5J/ForvXbEpPzQRAoFMAJ9GnXvrKmSgAqafPJkmNoBhJw3ApgCg4JUZ cpVFtll7t2AUffbMUD3tXZ4= =qkBJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pnDjx0H/VpusRTEI--
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