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To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc MAKEDEV
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Date: 31 Oct 2000 10:46:14 +0100
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Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>   Log:
>   Move 'tw*' after 'twe*' so that it's possible to create the control device
>   for the 'twe' driver.  This is an expedient solution for an
>   actually-manifesting symptom of a major problem with MAKEDEV.  Roll on
>   DEVFS.

DEVFS actually works like a charm, except for persistence and
autoloading, and the latter is probably a simple userland problem
(change the logic from "if open(tun0) returns ENODEV, load the module"
to "if open(tun0) returns ENOENT or ENODEV, load the module".

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org


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