Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:43:16 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com> Cc: FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: devfs in -stable Message-ID: <XFMail.010131104316.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010131104054.B855@skunkworks.arpa.mil>
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On 31-Jan-01 Chris Wasser wrote: > On Wed 31 Jan 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: >> Of course you're missing something. If you mount it on /devs, it won't >> mount on /dev... You need to specify a mountpoint of /dev if you're >> confident it will work. > > Yes, I realize this. > > As I stated, the manpage says the default mountpoint for devfs is /devs > (thus why I made an fstab entry for it), which I later read from the > archived mailing list posts was not required, init will mount devfs on > it's own (which it does) and thus removed the /etc/fstab directory, > leaving me with devfs mounting to "dummy_mount" and my original /dev > remaining intact (ie: devfs does not mount in it's place) This only applies in current, which has a different DEVFS implementation. > What I'm not clear on is why it doesn't mount to /dev (as I read in the > archived posts) and whats up with the dummy_mount mountpoint. Mount it on /devs using /etc/fstab, then go look in /devs to make sure it all looks ok. If it does, then change /etc/fstab to mount it on /dev. However, it probably won't all look ok, as DEVFS in -stable is broken. Which is why it is turned off. > I fully realize I can easily tell it to mount to /dev, but from what I > read, I don't need to, init will automatically mount it to /dev for me > (or so I've read so far, there isn't much current information in the > archived posts on devfs pretaining to this -- all the information I did > find states devfs will mount to /dev on it's own, if enabled) and I can > go about my merry way. The init mounting business is only in current for the new DEVFS. I don't think the old devfs did this. > - Chris -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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