From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 30 17:57:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 068FD16A402 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:57:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E328213C49D for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:57:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2B9E1A4D80; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:57:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 803625125E; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:57:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:57:13 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Freminlins Message-ID: <20070130175713.GB46597@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20070126174826.GA13730@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070126234756.GA19420@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070128184925.GB61662@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070129142029.GA45960@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: mknod, devfs and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:57:27 -0000 --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 09:25:24AM +0000, Freminlins wrote: > Kris, >=20 > On 29/01/07, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > > >To put it bluntly, it's something you're just going to have to get > >over :-) >=20 >=20 > That's unhelpful. It is, in my opinion, a bad idea to have to mount up 14= 00 > instances of devfs just to get a few device nodes. It just doesn't seem > right. It's a kludge. What I will do instread is migrate the box to Solar= is > where I can do what I want to do. OK. > It's a poor argument to say basically "that's the way it is". I have alwa= ys > found FreeBSD to be flexible, not restrictive. "That's the way it is" is a statement of truth, not an argument. > If devfs is the only way to go, why does mknod still exist? Why does it > allow me to create device nodes that don't work? Compatibility with other OSes when used as an NFS server. Kris --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFv4b5Wry0BWjoQKURAvjjAKD5eqaXXXV67hgWTmV8JbEtQ+zL+ACcC7Uo 6vQ8Ryt9WR5VO1zOEo7UviA= =u12m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UHN/qo2QbUvPLonB--