Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: USB device allocation | Date | Tue, 05 Oct 1999 19:13:48 -0400 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <37FA79BD.B852FAD4@pobox.com>, Jeff Garzik writes: +----- | David Weinehall wrote: | > Oh, and have you actually ever tried a system running devfs (such as a | > kernel patched with Richard Gooch' patch, or a Solaris-system), or? | | Is Solaris dynamic? I'm pretty sure 'boot -r' or creating | /etc/reconfigure causes a boot script to scan the hardware and creates | device nodes as needed. That's an entirely userland solution which | keeps /dev nice and trim. +--->8
It scans a devfs-like pseudofilesystem created by the OBP.
-- brandon s. allbery os/2,linux,solaris,perl allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator kthkrb,heimdal,gnome,rt allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering kf8nh We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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