From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 26 00:15:43 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA25278 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:15:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA25273 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:15:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA24711; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:14:36 +0100 (CET) To: Archie Cobbs cc: sobomax@altavista.net (Maxim Sobolev), current@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Subject: Re: DEVFS, the time has come... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:51:14 PST." <199901260451.UAA23212@bubba.whistle.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:14:36 +0100 Message-ID: <24709.917338476@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199901260451.UAA23212@bubba.whistle.com>, Archie Cobbs writes: >Maxim Sobolev writes: >> Can you point all people (and me of course) who want to test DEVFS to some >> common information about DEVFS (usage, possible advantages/disadvantages etc. >> I think some FAQ or so will be nice. It's really will help us to go further >> with this issue. > >I agree.. and I've bugged Julian to put something together... > >Basically, there are a few things that need to be done to get DEVFS >into the 'mainstream'... and this includes SLICE. No, it doesn't have to be SLICE. In particular, if we're going the SLICE way, it should be done >right<, and Julians SLICE code didn't do that. (I know, I spent close to 6 months prototyping the concept and julian had my code to work from). -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message