From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 29 20:49:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10435 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 20:49:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA10427 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 20:49:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA16063; Sat, 30 May 1998 03:48:59 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id FAA03891; Sat, 30 May 1998 05:48:42 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980530054842.51661@follo.net> Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 05:48:42 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I see one major problem with DEVFS... References: <199805300108.SAA16711@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199805300108.SAA16711@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, May 29, 1998 at 06:08:16PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 06:08:16PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > bash# ls -l bpf* > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 May 29 08:03 bpf0 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 1 May 29 08:03 bpf1 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 2 May 29 08:03 bpf2 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 3 May 29 08:03 bpf4 > bash# rm bpf4 > bash# ls -l bpf* > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 May 29 08:03 bpf0 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 1 May 29 08:03 bpf1 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 2 May 29 08:03 bpf2 > bash# mknod bpf4 c 23 3 > > E.g. I can shoot my foot off, but I can't sew it back on. :-) Yes, you can. You can mount another devfs and 'mv' a device from it (or at least that's the way the specs read - I don't have devfs enabled right now, so I can't test). > Also, while I'm on this topic, what is the purpose served by > DEVFS auto-mounting itself on "dummy_mount"? I'm only going to > mount it as /dev later, so I don't really get the idea behind > the first instance of it. Is it for "cloning" purposes or > something? I think this is only significant for bootstrap/internal kernel reasons, but I may well be wrong. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message