Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 21:55:38 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>, <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ccd ccd.c src/sys/modules/ccd Makefile src/sys/sys ccdvar.h Message-ID: <20010906213206.P30661-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <18042.999719753@critter>
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20010905124604.E1047@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: > >> > >> Use DEVFS and it will work. > > > >Then it needs to be backed out. This is the first thing that does not > >work w/NODEVFS and I don't believe the Project has agreed that absolutly > >requiring DEVFS is OK at this time. > > No, in fact, clearcut warnings has been sent for over half a year > that after july 1st 2001 !DEVFS compatibility were no longer a > requirement and that DEVFS should be considered mandatory. This was decreed but not agreed to. I don't use devfs and don't plan to use it until it works at least as well as specfs (if this is possible). I have noticed about 10 minor bugs in it despite only running it to test it every 6 months or so. Examples: - file time updates are broken in several ways. - stat() doesn't work right on devfs directories (st_size and st_blocks zero for all devfs files, but should be nonzero for directories). - pathconf() doesn't work right on devfs directrories (_PC_NAME_MAX and _PC_PATH_MAX are unsupported, but must be supported for directories). - acd devices still have insecure modes (world readable). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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