Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???) | Date | Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:20:07 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Shawn Leas <sleas@ixion.honeywell.com> said:
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> How do you suppose a distribution is going to ensure that only the device > nodes for the installed hardware are in /dev for the users that don't > necessarily feel like rm'ing all those nodes they don't need while still > providing all the /dev entries needed for the largest of systems?
By recording in /dev the devices configured in by the user when setting up the system. By running a script that probes for extant devices, and just configures those. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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