Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 13:15:32 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ccd ccd.c src/sys/dev/vn vn.c src/sys/sys conf.h src/sys/i386/isa fd.c mcd.c scd.c wcd.c wd.c wt.c s Message-ID: <199607252015.NAA28229@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:27:26 %2B0200." <199607251727.TAA22036@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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>(Moved to -current.) > >As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >> Also, the persistence people don't mind if devfs is *optional*, then >> it can throw your /dev files away every 5 minutes just for fun if it >> likes - they don't have to use it. > >What sense does it make using /dev entries to unconfigured drivers >(that's about all persistance would give you, isn't it :)? Persistence would allow you to change the permissions on a device and have them stick. If a device was not availible, it wouldn't show up in /dev, but if it came back (say after replacing faulty hardware) any permission changes you made in the past would show up as soon as the device did. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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