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Hi! > > - I think this is totally wrong for programs or people that check in /dev > > for a device before try to open it, or at least is a mess. > WHAT!!! The whole point of a virtual devfs is that you can do a "ls /dev" > to see what devices are currently accessable. And most actions on a divice > start with a call to open() (or mount()). Ok. You have device 'foobar' which you can load module for. It is not loaded, now. Which means /dev/foobar entry is not there. Now, some broken app goes and looks if /dev/foobar exists. If it does not, it will bail out, instead of opening it (which would cause /dev/foobar to be loaded.) Pavel -- Do *NOT* buy software, GNU software is and free! Pavel GCM d? s-: !g p?:+ au- a--@ w+ v- C++@ UL+++ L++ N++ E++ W--- M- Y- R+ | ||||||||||||
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