Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 20:31:14 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Internal clock Message-ID: <19202.860041874@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Apr 1997 18:09:53 PST." <199704030209.SAA17013@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> I like the idea that someone posted about keeping some type > of data file in the mount-point directory. This could be implemented I posted it but it was Sean Eric Fagan's idea. :-) > similar to how the quota data files are handled. Manage it as a > sparse file so that unused information isn't taking up disk space. > On attribute change of a devfs device, the file system code seeks to > something like major*minor*structsize in the devfs file and writes the > information out. A zero entry means use the defaults. I like this idea better than the "history log" idea since it never gets any larger than the max # of entries in /dev. Yes! Go Mike Go! :-) Jordan
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