From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 25 10:44:32 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA22090 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:44:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whistle.com (s205m131.whistle.com [207.76.205.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA22083; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:44:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from archie@whistle.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by whistle.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id KAA11475; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:44:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from bubba.whistle.com( 207.76.205.7) by whistle.com via smap (V2.0) id xma011473; Mon, 25 Jan 99 10:43:47 -0800 Received: (from archie@localhost) by bubba.whistle.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id KAA01627; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:43:47 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs Message-Id: <199901251843.KAA01627@bubba.whistle.com> Subject: Re: DEVFS, the time has come... In-Reply-To: <199901250954.JAA09098@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> from Brian Somers at "Jan 25, 99 09:54:29 am" To: brian@Awfulhak.org (Brian Somers) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:43:46 -0800 (PST) Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brian Somers writes: > > 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 ? You would have to ask Julian this question. However, my impression is that there are a couple of things that are broken, but nothing too serious that it can't be fixed/updated relatively quickly. Julian, is that accurrate? What about the MFS problem -- how hard is that to fix? I.E. What's required to get DEVFS to the point where 'the masses' (including me :-) can use it with minimal pain/disruption? -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message