From owner-cvs-all Tue Oct 19 23:31:53 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD7F1AE2B; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:31:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id XAA51938; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:31:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <199910200631.XAA51938@freefall.freebsd.org> From: Matt Dillon Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:31:50 -0700 (PDT) To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/miscfs/specfs spec_vnops.c Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk dillon 1999/10/19 23:31:50 PDT Modified files: sys/miscfs/specfs spec_vnops.c Log: A tentative agreement has been reached in regards to a procedure to remove 'b'lock devices. The agreement is, essentially, that block devices will be collapsed into character devices as a first step (though I don't particularly agree), and raw device names 'rxxx' will become simply 'xxx' in devfs in the second step (i.e. no 'rxxx' names will exist). The renaming will not effect the original /dev and the expectation is that devfs will eventually (but not immediately) become the standard way to access devices in the system. If it is determined that a reimplementation of block device access characteristics is beneficial, a number of alternatives will be possible that do not involve resurrecting the 'b'lock device class. For example, an ioctl() that might be made on an open character device descriptor or a generic buffered overlay device. This commit removes the blockdev disablement sysctl which does not apply to the solution that was reached. Revision Changes Path 1.121 +1 -8 src/sys/miscfs/specfs/spec_vnops.c To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message