Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 12:15:39 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG, eivind@yes.no Subject: Re: devfs persistence Message-ID: <199802150115.MAA10615@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> No. I see no particular need for DEVFS. While it certainly moves >> some problems around, it's a substantial break with the POLA. (I >> didn't always think so, but considering the vigor of this flame war, >> it's clear that we are not even close to consensus.) I agree. >There are (at least) two usages of FreeBSD. One is standard U**X type >things, and the other is embedded controllers. DEVFS is especially >useful for embedded (not all NFS servers can provide device nodes, for >example.) Use mfs. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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