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Subject: Re: Review/Test: Pseudo-device unit number management patch 
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In message <20040209140031.GT14639@garage.freebsd.pl>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek writ
es:

>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.

I don't think we should spend resources in a pseudo driver until
they are needed.

Please also remember:  /dev is _not_ an inventory of available devices.

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