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Date:      Mon, 1 Jan 2001 13:04:01 +0000 (UTC)
From:      naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nrsa0 v nsa0
Message-ID:  <92pv81$p39$2@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
References:  <92okpu$253a$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <Pine.A41.4.21.0012312314390.23806-100000@katahdin.bmv.state.me.us>

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Darren Henderson <darren@bmv.state.me.us> wrote:

> > None.  MAKEDEV creates them as hardlinks.
> 
> Yes I saw that. That doesn't mean they aren't treated differently though,

Yes, it does.  Whether you reference /dev/nsa0 or /home/darren/tweedy_bird
makes no difference as long as both are character device nodes with
major=14, minor=1.  Device names are not magic.

> sa0=nsa0=esa0=nrsa0

No.  sa0, nsa0, and esa0 are distinct devices, with distinct
functionality.  See sa(4).

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de



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