Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 13:02:14 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, peter@bonkers.taronga.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, julian@ref.tfs.com, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Subject: Re: [DEVFS] your opinions sought! Message-ID: <199504200302.NAA31880@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> /dev/driver_name/all_devices_handled_by_this_drive_in_one_directory is
>> easiest for drivers, but not quite what is wanted by programs.
>Why not?
To handle /dev/sio/*, /dev/cx/*, /dev/ity/* and /dev/cy/*, ps would have
to know that the set of tty drivers is precisely { sio, cx, ity, cy }.
>> How
>> should ps find and name tty devices? There aren't enough letters for a
>> 2 letter namespace.
>Two solutions....
>Give up the 2 letter namespace?
Yes, someday.
>Symlink /dev/ttyxx to /devices/whatever?
No. Then whatever does the symlinks would have to know which tty drivers
are configured, and /dev would end up twice as messy as now.
Bruce
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