On Saturday 27 November 2004 18:52, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> The following patch turns /dev/bpfX into cloners. Only one is really
> needed, /dev/bpf, but for now we can leave the stray /dev/bpfX's until we
> fix the source code. Comments?

Thanks (well, not really) to ptyfs, there are already four methods of creating 
cloning devices in the kernel.  This adds a fifth.

This has already way out of hand.  Before you add more one-off hacks, it is 
time to sit down and actually DESIGN how cloning devices are going to work 
globally.