Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 22:19:34 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Indra <john@naver.co.id> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: DEVFS newbie... Message-ID: <XFMail.010128221934.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010129095403.A89648@naver.co.id>
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On 29-Jan-01 John Indra wrote: > I noticed that DEVFS has been the default in GENERIC kernel. I have been > -CURRENT tracker for the past couple of months and things like DEVFS is > still new to me. Thus, a couple of questions arise and I am very glad if > someone want to explain it to me, or maybe point to docs that I should read. > > 1. Say I want to use DEVFS, what should I change? /etc/fstab? Should I nuke > the current /dev? Just put it in your kernel config, init(8) will mount it for you automagically. > 2. If something change to the source tree's MAKEDEV, what should I do? Nothing. With DEVFS, each driver in the kernel creates its own entries automatically, so MAKEDEV isn't used. > Thanks... > > /john -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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