Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 15:31:08 -0700 (PDT) From: alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: Jerry Alexandratos <alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: DEVFS IS BROKEN - DON'T USE IT (Re: Build problem with CODA and DEVFS) Message-ID: <199809262231.PAA26006@hub.freebsd.org>
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In Reply to Your Message of Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18: 55:43 +0200 Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18:30:01 -0400 From: Jerry Alexandratos <alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.edu> Message-ID: <199809261830.aa14042@mail.eecis.udel.edu> Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> says: : On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Jerry Alexandratos wrote: : : > I go the following error when trying to make a kernel (just cvsup'd the : : You're not the only one surprised by this... DEVFS in its current shape : doesn't work too well, and probably Coda wasn't yet converted to be : DEVFS-friendly. : : I think it should be clearly stated in LINT that DEVFS is BROKEN and : should not be used for now. : : If no-one objects, I'll mark it as such in LINT. I've never had a problem with DEVFS yet. Granted, it be nicer if it did more than it currently does, but it's not bad, and I wouldn't list is as broken. Anyway, the reason I tried the DEVFS/CODA combo is because I noticed that in the latest coda code updates had changes for DEVFS support (unless I read the code incorrectly). I figured I'd take a shot at compiling it. Like I said, I thought someone would like to know. --Jerry 8) Jerry Alexandratos % - % "Nothing inhabits my (8 8) alexandr@louie.udel.edu % - % thoughts, and oblivion (8 8) darkstar@strauss.udel.edu % - % drives my desires." (8 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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