Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:37:42 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS, the time has come... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901251035500.569-100000@s204m82.isp.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199901250954.JAA09098@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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yo, brian, are you on 'net'? have you had a look at the netgraph stuff? particularly the kernel nodes that we use in conjuntion with mpd, and the usserland modules of mpd that we use with it? On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Brian Somers wrote: > [.....] > > 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 <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <brian@OpenBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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