Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 02:42:53 +0000 () From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iBCS2, socksys and all that jazz... (fwd) Message-ID: <199511230242.CAA27728@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Something based on this would be good in the FAQ under "emulation" Steven Wallace stands accused of saying: > > What you need to do is set up /compat/ibcs2/dev to look like: > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 X0R@ -> /dev/null > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Oct 15 22:20 nfsd@ -> socksys > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 0 Oct 28 12:02 null > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 socksys@ -> /dev/null > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 41, 1 Oct 15 22:14 spx > > You just need socksys to go to /dev/null to fake the open & close. > The code in -current will handle the rest. This is much cleaner than > the way it was done before. If you want the spx driver for a local > socket X connection, define SPX_HACK when you compile the system. > > Can this go into some FAQ or somewhere so I don't have to repeat it > dozens of times? > > Steven > > -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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