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Date:      Tue, 21 Sep 1999 10:01:30 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Tony Finch <fanf@demon.net>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what is devfs? 
Message-ID:  <199909211601.KAA25693@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:07:07 BST." <E11TPdT-0006Ky-00@fanf.eng.demon.net> 
References:  <E11TPdT-0006Ky-00@fanf.eng.demon.net>  <199909200513.WAA77228@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909191854230.4696-100000@picnic.mat.net> <199909200513.WAA77228@apollo.backplane.com> 

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In message <E11TPdT-0006Ky-00@fanf.eng.demon.net> Tony Finch writes:
: Why not just do a one-off checkpoint at shutdown time? Why do you need
: to track the changes as they happen?

Power failures.

Also, if the device is new, it might be nice to have commands that run 
when they arrive in the tree (think pccard).

Warner


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