From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 22 00:24:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA07307 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:24:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07299; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:24:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA29124; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:23:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199809220723.JAA29124@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: DEVFS & SLICE? In-Reply-To: from Andrzej Bialecki at "Sep 21, 98 09:51:51 pm" To: abial@nask.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:23:46 +0200 (CEST) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@netplex.com.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 :) > > Mhmhm.. But it's unable to create slices/partition nodes on the fly, so > you mean you use it only for non-disk devices, right? Wrong, I use it for everthing, the only thing is that you must have a minimal normal /dev underneath or you wont be able to boot, which is somehow a god idea anyways :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message