Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:51:32 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: viewing major and minor device numbers Message-ID: <526B353C.6010708@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <526AF138.9000200@networktest.com> References: <526AC5E7.3080900@networktest.com> <20131025213456.13153587.freebsd@edvax.de> <526AD757.7010704@networktest.com> <025FA68F-57BF-4B6E-8898-5BD3EAF96372@lafn.org> <526AF138.9000200@networktest.com>
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On 26/10/2013 09:01, David Newman wrote: > In this case I'm OK going with devfs, but thanks for clearing up why the > output is different in 9.x. > > I suppose one could say this "breaks" mknod, or at least makes it much > harder to use. But since the same thing is available from devfs, and it > doesn't require messing with device numbers, I guess it's OK. > Sounds to me like the old way is beginning to break, and may be ready for removal. >From man mknod under compatibility - As of FreeBSD 5.0, device nodes are managed by the device file system devfs(5), making the mknod utility superfluous.
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