From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jul 15 5: 8:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (beachbum.freebsd.dk [212.242.32.0]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2BA37B640 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 05:08:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00436; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:08:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Julian Elischer Cc: Coleman Kane , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 15 Jul 2000 03:10:12 PDT." <39703884.15FB7483@elischer.org> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:08:35 +0200 Message-ID: <434.963662915@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> None of them fixes the root-mount kludges. > >actually the code you and SOS delted DID solve that.... No it didn't. rootvn was still magically wired from rootdev, with DEVFS mounted first it could be looked up with namei in a proper fashion. >> None of them implement cloning devices. >no, though have you tried looking at ptys under devfs.. >as you use them, more are created.. (a bit of a hack but kinda cute). Cute, but not cute enough. We have several devices which do this by now, but we need full cloning ability. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message