Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 15:49:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Wyatt Banks <banksw@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: to MAKEDEV or not to MAKEDEV, that is my question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109051549020.23240-100000@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010905120614.D76765@xor.obsecurity.org>
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********************************************** * Wyatt Banks * * banksw@cs.sunyit.edu * * SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome * * Utica, NY 13502 * ********************************************** On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:42:15AM -0400, Wyatt Banks wrote: > > Apparently on this mailing list there seems to be a lot of confusion about > > when to use makedev and what argument to pass it. Is there an official > > guide that shows me exactly when I add an X to my system, that I need to > > makedev Y and makedev Z? > > If that hardware uses devices, and when you try and access the > hardware the devices for it don't exist, you need to MAKEDEV them. > > That's really about as difficult as it gets. > > Kris so you obviously agree with me then. "If the hardware uses devices" is quite ambiguous. I agree with you 100%. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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