Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 07:40:17 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files options src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC NEWCARD NOTES src/sys/ia64/conf GENERIC src/sys/pc98/conf GENERIC src/sys/fs/devfs devfs_devs.c devfs_vfsops.c devfs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20010514074016.N86168@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20010513141237.A63235@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 02:12:37PM -0700 References: <200105132052.f4DKqfo39754@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010513141237.A63235@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Sunday, 13 May 2001 at 14:12:37 -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 01:52:41PM -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> phk 2001/05/13 13:52:41 PDT >> >> Modified files: >> sys/conf files options >> sys/alpha/conf GENERIC >> sys/i386/conf GENERIC NEWCARD NOTES >> sys/ia64/conf GENERIC >> sys/pc98/conf GENERIC >> sys/fs/devfs devfs_devs.c devfs_vfsops.c devfs_vnops.c >> Log: >> Convert DEVFS from an "opt-in" to an "opt-out" option. >> >> If for some reason DEVFS is undesired, the "NODEVFS" option is >> needed now. > > I agree with this.. > >> Pending any significant issues, DEVFS will be made mandatory in >> -current on july 1st so that we can start reaping the full >> benefits of having it. > > ..but as for this, have you fixed the bugs where you can't re-mount a > devfs to refresh it, or recreate a device node which was removed? What's the problem with recreating device nodes? I've done this several times. What I'd like to see, though, is the ability to remove subdirectories in devfs. Currently there seems to be no way to do this. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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