Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 14:48:04 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possibly silly question about creating entries in /dev Message-ID: <20030416194804.GC7923@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <33139.1050522262@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <3E9DB047.50202@sfmidimafia.com> <33139.1050522262@critter.freebsd.dk>
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In the last episode (Apr 16), Poul-Henning Kamp said: > In message <3E9DB047.50202@sfmidimafia.com>, "Scott R." writes: > >This may be a stupid question, but hopefully it is easily > >answerable. I've done some poking around on the man page for devfs > >and I can't really find anything that tells me how to create a > >"fictitious" entry. Some apps that play or read cd's need the > >device /dev/cdrom to exist for them to work. I can create a link > >manually just using ln -sf /dev/acd0 /dev/cdrom and the entry will > >stay there until I reboot the machine. Upon reboot, the entry is > >wiped out as devfs re-initializes itself (this is my guess anyway). > >Can anyone tell me how to properly create these types of device > >entries so that they are recreated each time the system boots? > >There's either not much documentation on this subject or I'm just > >not looking in the right place. Pointers and suggestions will be > >greatly appreciated. > > I belive /etc/rc.devfs was meant for this sort of stuff, but I am not > sure I know if this is still politically correct in RCng days. /etc/rc.d/devfs will source /etc/rc.devfs if it exists, so it will still work. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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