Re: CVS commit: src/sys

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 26 May 2008, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > > Does this mean MAKEDEV can finally use tmpfs safely?
> > 
> > MAKEDEV has been using tmpfs in preference to mfs since revision 1.98
> 
> /me mumbles about old sources. So when /dev isn't popoluated, can it
> please do a MAKEDEV all if tmpfs is in use?

MAKEDEV is run from init(8), as "MAKEDEV -MM init".  I think it would be
reasonable for most ports to arrange for "MAKEDEV init" to be the same as
"MAKEDEV all".  It might even be OK for the "init" target to disappear,
and for init to run "MAKEDEV -MM all".  But I don't think it should be
MAKEDEV's job to guess that it should do "MAKEDEV all" when it was asked
to do "MAKEDEV init".

--apb (Alan Barrett)