Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 16:06:44 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Review/Test: Pseudo-device unit number management patch Message-ID: <xzpy8rc2sxn.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040209150039.GS2803@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> (Stijn Hoop's message of "Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:00:39 %2B0100") References: <20040209140031.GT14639@garage.freebsd.pl> <11981.1076337136@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040209150039.GS2803@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> writes: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 03:32:16PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > Please also remember: /dev is _not_ an inventory of available devices. > Just curious: what is it then? An inventory of available drivers? An > inventory of open devices? What it always has been: a collection of device nodes, some of which may correspond to existing devices. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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