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SubjectRe: My $0.02 on devd and devfs
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danielt@digi.com said:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Horst von Brand wrote:

[...]

> > Nope. devd is notified when the device shows up. It can then go and create
> > /dev/printer/0 and do some other magic, if needed. When you try to open the
> > file, it is there. That in turn might trigger loading modules and
> > initializing the device.

> And _how_exactly_ is the device "showing up" if it is a module?

Ever taken a look at lspci(8)? It is quite able to detect devices that
haven't been initialized, and for which no driver is extant. Any decent PnP
mechanism _will_ have to be able to tell the OS "a such-and-such showed up
at this place, please take care of it".

> This scenario has some serious black magic in it or devd is
> "less useful than the male nipple".

Just a bit of logic.

> > Note that if devd is missing, but the device files are extant, everything
> > is peachy.

> And exactly like it is now, which has everyone who deals with dynamic
> devices twisting themselves into pretzels to try to work around it
> without _looking_ like they are trying to bypass it completely.

Sorry, I don't understand this.
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Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616

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