Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 05:48:42 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I see one major problem with DEVFS... Message-ID: <19980530054842.51661@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199805300108.SAA16711@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, May 29, 1998 at 06:08:16PM -0700 References: <199805300108.SAA16711@time.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 06:08:16PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > bash# ls -l bpf* > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 May 29 08:03 bpf0 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 1 May 29 08:03 bpf1 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 2 May 29 08:03 bpf2 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 3 May 29 08:03 bpf4 > bash# rm bpf4 > bash# ls -l bpf* > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 May 29 08:03 bpf0 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 1 May 29 08:03 bpf1 > crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 2 May 29 08:03 bpf2 > bash# mknod bpf4 c 23 3 > > E.g. I can shoot my foot off, but I can't sew it back on. :-) Yes, you can. You can mount another devfs and 'mv' a device from it (or at least that's the way the specs read - I don't have devfs enabled right now, so I can't test). > Also, while I'm on this topic, what is the purpose served by > DEVFS auto-mounting itself on "dummy_mount"? I'm only going to > mount it as /dev later, so I don't really get the idea behind > the first instance of it. Is it for "cloning" purposes or > something? I think this is only significant for bootstrap/internal kernel reasons, but I may well be wrong. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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