Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:46:56 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: Howard Su <howard0su@gmail.com> Cc: fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: handle special file type in tmpfs Message-ID: <46253240.7030507@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <f126fae00704171001r65c9597coa2023c361e6fd034@mail.gmail.com> References: <f126fae00704171001r65c9597coa2023c361e6fd034@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/17/07 12:01, Howard Su wrote: > I am facing a problem when porting tmpfs. What's the story for FreeBSD > to support special type of files, like BLK, CHR, FIFO, SOCKET? I know > BLK/CHR will be > handled by devfs. How about FIFO & SOCKET? Need any special code to > handle them? Or they will be handled by VFS? Even, should tmpfs > support them? I'm not certain of all the answers to your questions, but I can say that I think FIFO & SOCKET are the most important ones. Eric
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