From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 2 0:16:43 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 AAF6637B401 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 00:16:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailman.zeta.org.au (mailman.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B733E43E75 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 00:16:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bde@zeta.org.au) Received: from bde.zeta.org.au (bde.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.102]) by mailman.zeta.org.au (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA21643; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:16:34 +1000 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:26:08 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-X-Sender: bde@gamplex.bde.org To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP! GEOM as default in 5 days... In-Reply-To: <20021002062720.GX44476@starjuice.net> Message-ID: <20021002172300.V4620-100000@gamplex.bde.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > 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. :-) I don't really like MAKEDEV. It is creating work and bugs by moving problems around that I object to. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message