Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 18:38:44 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, dlt@mebtel.net Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Subject: Re: /dev/null doesn't get created Message-ID: <200408021838.44384.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20040801210937.GA1682@mebtel.net> References: <200408011507.i71F7MVc000907@lorne.arm.org> <200408011825.i71IPZgG018406@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20040801210937.GA1682@mebtel.net>
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On Sunday 01 August 2004 05:09 pm, Derek Tattersall wrote: > * Mark Murray (mark@grondar.org) [040801 17:03]: > > From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> > > Message-Id: <200408011825.i71IPZgG018406@grimreaper.grondar.org> > > To: dlt@mebtel.net > > Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: /dev/null doesn't get created > > Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 19:25:34 +0100 > > > > Derek Tattersall writes: > > > CURRENT as of this morning dint'create /dev/null. My previous > > > CURRENT, from July 25 created it fine so all was well.Can anybody > > > offer me a clue as to what this is all about? I tried to figure out > > > what causes /dev/null to get created, but was unsuccessful. > > > > BOOBOO of mine. Please always check src/UPDATING for clues :-) > > > > M > > -- > > Mark Murray > > iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH > > Well I appear to have cvsup'ed just before you added the text to > UPDATING. Oh well. That brings up an interesting question: Under > what circumstances would it be advantageous to not compile the drivers > into the kernel, but leave them as modules and load from > /boot/loader.conf? I haven't had any luck imagining why you would > want to leave them as modules. It's a preference thing. I pretty much never use modules myself (things compiled into the kernel are more optimized, mutex and atomic ops are inlined rather than function calls for example) unless doing development on a device driver in which case I leave the device driver as a single module. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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