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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?
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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


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