Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:08:04 +0800 From: "Adrian Chadd" <adrian@freebsd.org> To: "John Baldwin" <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New-bus unit wiring via hints.. Message-ID: <d763ac660710170408h11f328cev80f14198abc49a1d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200710151510.35000.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200710111741.34992.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <200710151216.36509.jhb@freebsd.org> <3E7A944C-6182-41A1-8881-C4B94428B65A@mac.com> <200710151510.35000.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 16/10/2007, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hmm, ok. So are you thinking of a registry ala Windows to remember previous > bindings? /dev/<some uuid-ish thing but longer> (what Windows does) probably > wouldn't be considered usable by most folks, so you'd have to make aliases, > but then you are back to how do "wire" the aliases? And how should the > kernel figure out which devices are console devices? Sounds like /devices vs /dev under Solaris.. Adrian -- Adrian Chadd - adrian@freebsd.org
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