Subject: Re: moving MAKEDEV to /etc
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/05/2003 15:58:49
>> Actually, it occurs to me: the logical way for this to work is
>> mount -t devfs /etc/devfs.db /dev
> Keep in mind that /dev is not solely the .db file; it is the core
> devices MODIFIED by the .db file (i.e. a union).
Yes, that would be implicit in -t devfs. Whether this actually uses
(the equivalent of) -o union is an implementation decision.
> - chown(2) and chmod(2) are VFS-safe, right? i.e. they behave
> differently on different fstypes...?
Yes, they turn into VOP_SETATTR, I think it is.
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