From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 10 08:29:49 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA08159 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 08:29:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA08154 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 08:29:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA20525; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 17:28:19 +0100 (CET) To: Alex Le Heux cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: defs and dynamic majors In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 14:06:29 +0100." <3698A5D5.7ED3C61D@funk.org> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 17:28:19 +0100 Message-ID: <20523.915985699@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3698A5D5.7ED3C61D@funk.org>, Alex Le Heux writes: >Hi, > >Am I correct in assuming that devfs is eventually going to replace /dev? > >If it is, shouldn't it also be able to dynamically allocate major device >numbers to for example kld-loaded devices? There will be no major number in the end, so this is a transient problem. Eventually you will register a void*+int pair with each node and use those to recover softc and unit no. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message