From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 15 14:05:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA11713 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:05:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (0@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11699 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:05:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.8/8.6.10) id OAA15956; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:03:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdaapsca; Sun Mar 15 14:03:03 1998 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.8.8/8.6.10) id KAA07972; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 10:58:11 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803151858.KAA07972@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpd007964; Sun Mar 15 10:58:00 1998 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 Reply-to: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: cy To: Mike Smith cc: gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More problems with new slice code In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:09:30 PST." <199803150409.UAA09297@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 10:57:59 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > Actually, I've always wondered by MAKEDEV sits in /dev--of course, > > there is now a considerable tradition for it, but doesn't it make > > more sense to split it into a standard utility, "makedev", which > > lives in /sbin, plus a standard-but-modifiable database which lives > > in /etc called "devtab" and "devtab.local" or whatever? > > Makedev will (god willing) not be a standard part of the system in 3.0; > device nodes will appear and disappear by magic. > > (I am, incidentally, not kidding.) Kind of like boot -r under Solaris... Right? Or will these device nodes appear when a new kernel is built, like DEC UNIX? If this is done automatically without a SysAdmin being aware, e.g. asking via an option, like Solaris, or installing a new kernel, like DEC UNIX, won't this cause some confusion? -- Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 UNIX Support OV/VM: BCSC02(CSCHUBER) ITSD BITNET: CSCHUBER@BCSC02.BITNET Government of BC Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message