Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:52:21 +0200 From: Christian Recktenwald <chris@lf.net> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, chris@lf.net Subject: Re: kern/99251: can't create symlink named like an existing device on devfs Message-ID: <20060621165221.GA54666@lamia.lf.net> In-Reply-To: <200606211604.k5LG4fSf077103@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200606211604.k5LG4fSf077103@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Hi Craig, On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:04:41PM +0000, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > Synopsis: can't create symlink named like an existing device on devfs > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > State-Changed-By: rodrigc > State-Changed-When: Wed Jun 21 16:02:34 UTC 2006 > State-Changed-Why: > In FreeBSD 5.x and higher, /dev is a mount point for the devfs filesystem. > Entries in /dev are created automatically in the kernel, and are not > persisted on disk. > What you are trying to do, i.e. delete /dev/mem > and symlink it to /dev/null does't make sense. for /my/jail/dev it makes a lot of sense to "redirect" device entries. > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=99251 -- Gruss / Best regards | LF.net GmbH | fon +49 711 90074-0 Chris Recktenwald | Ruppmannstr. 27 | fax +49 711 90074-33 chris@LF.net | D-70565 Stuttgart | http://www.lf.net
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