Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:20:06 GMT From: Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/114057: devfs symlink over device doesn't work Message-ID: <200706270220.l5R2K6pH097637@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/114057; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com> To: Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/114057: devfs symlink over device doesn't work Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:55:39 +0000 (UTC) Remko Lodder wrote: > (i am unfamiliar with devfs): Isn't this somethign that devfs > maintains? In the case of the main system, yes. But when you're working with jails or other 'secondary' devfs mounts it's often necessary to 'redirect' certain devices to things elsewhere via symlink. Another example might be symlinking a device to /dev/null, which this patch enables. > In my opinion > now that we have devfs, that should manage everything in /dev > and if you want to do something fancy with that, it falls outside > of regular configurations and thus might or might not work. Yes, that's generally true. However the devfs rules and symlink support is there for cases where you need to customize the location and/or presence of devices. This patch just makes it work as expected. Cheers, Stef Walter
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