Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:58:37 -0400 (EDT) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | Re: Devfs, was Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, CaT wrote:
> > > The symlinks would be put under /dev/cd. And it's only ever going to > > > have a few entries because I can't imagine many different interface > > > types being implemented. > > > > > > Now, if you *really* care, you can have devfsd create the symlinks in > > > /dev/cd as each interface type is loaded. Personally, I wouldn't > > > bother. > > > > I can understand that, and thinking back on it, the question > > really is, of what use is this? It does seem somewhat silly and > > cluttering things that don't really need to be... The > > for cd in /dev/*/cd solution (Provided that layout never changes) > > seems simple enough to me... > > > > I realize you didn't initially request this, so I'm not trying > > to ask you what use this is, but rather the list. :) > > Well someone made a comment that it's not really convenient from a code > point of view (rather then script) so I made the suggestion of /dev/cd. > > This way you have it even simpler and you know for a fact that everything > in there refers to a cd and as such don't need to search through dirs that > don't have anything to do with what you're looking for.
Well, the point being that it could Very easily be done in user-space w/ a script, something in rc.local or similar.
> I'm on my... 3rd or 4th cup of coffee. Hope that made sense. :)
Well, it makes sense, it just isn't so much a devfs/kernel issue. :)
Stephen
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