Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 07:00:00 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I see one major problem with DEVFS... Message-ID: <19980530070000.29794@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <17587.896504155@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, May 29, 1998 at 09:55:55PM -0700 References: <19980530060008.33353@follo.net> <17587.896504155@time.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 09:55:55PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Allowing mknod on a devfs would be somewhat akin to pointing an Uzi at > > your foot and playing with how close to the actual trig limit you can > > pull the trigger without firing. > > Naw, nothing so dire. Backwards compatability doesn't always have to > be asthetically pleasing, it just has to work and for a reasonable > period of time until people have made the transition. If we're talking a true mknod, I still stand by the comment. If we're talking a compatibility hack that look like mknod, that's another cup of tea, and one which I just sent three ways of 'solving'. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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