Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 12:15:44 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux emul: is nfs mounted dev directory a bad thing? Message-ID: <20000606121543.L17973@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <393D4650.6FDA2CE7@partitur.se>; from girgen@partitur.se on Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 08:43:28PM %2B0200 References: <393D4650.6FDA2CE7@partitur.se>
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* Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> [000606 11:44] wrote: > Hi! > > Is accessing the /compat/linux/dev directory (along with the > rest of /compat/linux) over nfs A Bad Thing(tm) in terms of > performance? My guess is the nodes made by mknod are just > references to hardware stuff, and then it doesn't matter much > if they're nfs mounted. My knowledge in the area of device > nodes is limited, though... Any suggestions, pro or against? > Does it matter? I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but NFS does not allow for remote device access, accessing a device entry over NFS will access you local devices. It's probably not a good idea. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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