From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 22 17:08:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05917 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:08:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (ts04-065.dublin.indigo.ie [194.125.148.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05796; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:07:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id AAA01550; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:41:47 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@ginseng.indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199809222341.AAA01550@indigo.ie> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:41:47 +0000 In-Reply-To: <199809211223.OAA23471@sos.freebsd.dk>; Søren Schmidt Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Files: The truth is out there X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, abial@nask.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Subject: Re: DEVFS & SLICE? Cc: peter@netplex.com.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sep 21, 2:23pm, Søren Schmidt wrote: } Subject: Re: DEVFS & SLICE? > In reply to Andrzej Bialecki who wrote: > > > > Soren, you said you used DEVFS without SLICE on regular basis. Tell me > > then, please, what for, because I can't see what (significant) added > > functionality over standard /dev/* it offered... > > It doesn't give me anything but an emptier looking /dev with only those > devices in it that I actually have :) I tried DEVFS for the first time today and thats about what I see too. What exactly is its purpose -- to replace a shell script? Am I missing something or is this a solution looking for a problem? (Apologies to the developers of DEVFS) Niall -- Niall Smart, rotel@indigo.ie. Amaze your friends and annoy your enemies: echo '#define if(x) if (!(x))' >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message