Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 17:28:19 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Alex Le Heux <alexlh@funk.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: defs and dynamic majors Message-ID: <20523.915985699@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 14:06:29 %2B0100." <3698A5D5.7ED3C61D@funk.org>
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In message <3698A5D5.7ED3C61D@funk.org>, Alex Le Heux writes: >Hi, > >Am I correct in assuming that devfs is eventually going to replace /dev? > >If it is, shouldn't it also be able to dynamically allocate major device >numbers to for example kld-loaded devices? There will be no major number in the end, so this is a transient problem. Eventually you will register a void*+int pair with each node and use those to recover softc and unit no. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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