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Date:      Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:14:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG>, Craig Boston <craig@gjgth.gank.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adding a 'bpf' group for /dev/bpf* 
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020421201418.64976Z-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <48554.1019398383@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020421093834.91313G-100000@fledge.watson.org>, Robe
> rt Watson writes:
> 
> >> rc.devfs
> >
> >Unfortunately, this works poorly for cloned devices.  At various meetings,
> >there has been discussion of a devfsd and/or devd; that's probably the
> >vehicle for doing that kind of administrative change.  Unfortunately, it
> >doesn't exist yet, although I think Warner had done some prototyping.
> 
> Dima is actually working on this problem right now, and he has sent me a
> prototype which shows great promise. 

This is great news.  I look forward to seeing some details on -arch once
the prototype is ready.

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project
robert@fledge.watson.org      NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services



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