Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 16:38:05 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> Cc: JULIAN Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEVFS vs "regular /dev" Message-ID: <199603220038.QAA06885@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Mar 1996 15:13:41 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960321151257.29201F-100000@ki.net>
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>On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, JULIAN Elischer wrote: > >> well, not quite.. >> because init tries to open some devices before the fstab is used to mount the >> disks and devfs.. >> >> you could always alter init to directly mount /dev.... > > Okay, added to my list of "things to do" Or you could alter the kernel to directly mount /dev. Another reason I'm pushing for this model is that I don't like the idea that the "init" program, which may not be /sbin/init, has to know about this - we'd also have to modify sysinstall, for example. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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