From owner-cvs-all Tue Oct 31 1:48: 1 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73D3537B4C5; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 01:46:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA04269; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:46:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Mike Smith Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc MAKEDEV References: <200010310021.QAA24641@freefall.freebsd.org> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 31 Oct 2000 10:46:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's message of "Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:21:42 -0800 (PST)" Message-ID: Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith 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 -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message