Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 14 Feb 1998 02:40:18 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: devfs persistence
Message-ID:  <19980214024018.55619@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199802140018.QAA05385@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 04:18:58PM -0800
References:  <3896.887413886@critter.freebsd.dk> <199802140018.QAA05385@dingo.cdrom.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 04:18:58PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:

> So we want the same thing.  As I said, we are arguing implememtation.
> 
> Count the lines, and the breaks in paradigm, between what you suggest I 
> want and what you want.  Your desire is for a more complicated, 
> inconsistent, non-extensible technique.  That's Bad.

OK, I we all agree that there is a need for persistence for some
cases.  Now, _including this requirement_, wouldn't it still feel good
to actually get DEVFS integrated and usable as the default _now_?
People that need persistence can either disable devfs until
persistence is implemented, or use phk's hack for the time being.

We'll take the hit for the problems that might be with bad device
definitions now, but that'll be fairly easy to sort out.  Devfs
without persistence is usable for 90% of the cases; and it is IMHO a
large step forward for those 90%.

Eivind.

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19980214024018.55619>