Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:23:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: abial@nask.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@netplex.com.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS & SLICE? Message-ID: <199809220723.JAA29124@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809212150310.22189-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> from Andrzej Bialecki at "Sep 21, 98 09:51:51 pm"
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In reply to Andrzej Bialecki who wrote:
> > > Soren, you said you used DEVFS without SLICE on regular basis. Tell me
> > > then, please, what for, because I can't see what (significant) added
> > > functionality over standard /dev/* it offered...
> >
> > It doesn't give me anything but an emptier looking /dev with only those
> > devices in it that I actually have :)
>
> Mhmhm.. But it's unable to create slices/partition nodes on the fly, so
> you mean you use it only for non-disk devices, right?
Wrong, I use it for everthing, the only thing is that you must have a
minimal normal /dev underneath or you wont be able to boot, which is
somehow a god idea anyways :)
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end?
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