Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 20:06:21 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: devfs not making vn devices Message-ID: <200102030406.f1346LW35039@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0102021808320.47776-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com>
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Doug Barton wrote: > I've been using devfs for a long time without problems. I had > device vn in my kernel conf since the pre-devfs days, and today I needed > to use a vn device to build picobsd. Lo and behold, I don't have any vn > devices of any sort in /dev. I tried 'vnconfig -c /dev/vn0' but it also > complained that the device didn't exist. > > I know that the goal is for vn to be phased out (at least that's > my impression) but what do we do in the meantime? In the meantime? besides using mdconfig, try this: mkdir /dev2 cd /dev2 sh /usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV vn0 vnconfig -c /dev2/vn0 .... > Doug Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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