From owner-freebsd-current Tue Oct 1 23:27:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF78B37B401 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:27:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E4643E3B for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:27:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local (Exim 4.10) id 17wcyf-000DBB-00; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 08:27:21 +0200 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 08:27:20 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Bruce Evans Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP! GEOM as default in 5 days... Message-ID: <20021002062720.GX44476@starjuice.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bruce Evans , current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <46929.1033535557@critter.freebsd.dk> <20021002162324.Q4432-100000@gamplex.bde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021002162324.Q4432-100000@gamplex.bde.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On (2002/10/02 16:27), Bruce Evans wrote: > It is a devfs issue that devfs moves things into the kernel where they > harder to control and more fatal if they are got wrong. If it's just ownerships and permissions you're worried about, I think the issue could be made moot by some /etc support for devfs(1). In fact, as the loudest supporter of MAKEDEV, you might be the best person to drive its transcription into /etc/defaults/devfs.conf. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message