Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 10:01:32 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: ache@astral.msk.su, gpalmer@cdrom.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: abuse and the -stable linux emu (mknod & mkfifo) Message-ID: <199601132301.KAA06594@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>I remember recent discussion for adding mkfifo capabilities >to system mknod (instead of this hack). >Could anybody tell me the result, I miss it... The Linux emulator should convert Linux mknod()'s to mkfifo()s if necessary. The BSD mknod() shouldn't be changed. Note that it is reasonable for the Linux library to call mknod() directly although Linux apps shouldn't. Bruce
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