Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu> | Subject | Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device a lloc ation) ) | Date | 09 Oct 1999 16:59:49 -0400 |
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>>>>> "Horst" == Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> writes: > Irix does it, Solaris does it too, ... I know the Solaris one, and don't > like it: You must reboot to get new devices attached. Also, devices change
Try to read `/etc/init.d/{drv,dev}*' one of these days on Solaris.
> Strange. I've been running OSS on my PC for quite some time, no problems > there. No devfs in sight, done it way before devfs was dreamed up even.
Maybe it's because you don't read what you reply to ? The claim was that OSS would break if you used modules along with a script that clears the /dev hierarchy based on what is really available (hint: before the OSS module is loaded, those things are not available so the devices would be removed, preventing the autoloading from kicking in).
> All of them handle them as files that have persistent permissions, AFAIK.
Oh yes! But persistence of the special-device-file is not necessarily such a good idea when the underlying major/minor assignmment is dynamic.
Stefan
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