Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:49:35 -0800 From: David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: preserving device symlinks across reboots Message-ID: <475E24EF.7040601@networktest.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 To use ntpd with an HP GPS receiver on RELENG-6.2, I have a symlink from the first serial port to the HP GPS device: somehost# ls -l /dev/hpgps0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Dec 1 21:06 /dev/hpgps0 -> /dev/cuad0 This works fine since the GPS receiver is attached to cuad0. Problem is, this symlink disappears whenever a reboot is needed, for example after patching the kernel. How best to preserve the symlink across reboots? I created an rc.local file making a new symlink, but maybe there's a better way. thanks dn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFHXiTvyPxGVjntI4IRAtEZAKDyOsiRL1ilB3yUwGGH79IeZ65l6QCgrc2V OfqdzIvR9ua1kVtD+bdCzRc= =pfFP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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