Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:49:46 +0100 From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-15?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb devices and devfs settings Message-ID: <20040213154946.GA14227@gvr.gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpad3nhtfv.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20040213113134.GA11021@gvr.gvr.org> <xzpn07nawqu.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040213144338.GA13380@gvr.gvr.org> <xzpad3nhtfv.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 04:48:04PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> writes: > > Indeed. However, I don't really understand the purpos of devfs.conf > > then: why a one time bootup config file, when you have a mechanism > > that works like in devfs(8)? Why not rewrite devfs.conf in the > > devfs(8) way, load the rulesets and do an apply? > > Because devfs.conf was a temporary measure which noone has gotten > around to removing yet. Part of the problem is that the rc.conf > syntax for defining devfs(8) rules to be applied at boot time is > complex and poorly documented. IMHO all that is needed is a rewrite of devfs.conf to the ruleset approach and rewrite /etc/rc.d/devfs to apply that ruleset. Correct? -Guido
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