Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:05:28 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> Cc: ambrisko@whistle.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS & sound drivers question Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.980428170228.25433A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199804280735.CAA04409@detlev.UUCP>
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On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > >> Should DEVFS make these devices (MAKEDEV did)? > >> Should these be made as a sym-link and can DEVFS make a sym-link? > > DEVFS doesn't have a way to deal with user configured persistent data yet. > > Julian is talking about doing it with /etc/rc.devfs or something like > > that. > > The way refcounting works is confusing and has lead to tangents in the > > skeleton code for these ops, see VNSLEAZE. > > Would a union filesystem be a good thing here, or would it kinda just > defeat the purpose of devfs? Either rc.devfs or union is ok, handling persistent user configs in devfs is probably not worth the trouble. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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