> Ooh yes, I'd forgotten about that hack.  In that case, I don't know that I
> have any objection to making MAKEDEV utterly nonportable and lightning fast.
> I'd be inclined to leave it as a shell script, though, just so it can begin
> with something like:
> 
> if [ x`uname` != xNetBSD ]; then
>     echo "This script must be run on the system for which you want to create"
>     echo "the device nodes.  There's no need to run it before that system"
>     echo "boots, since init(8) can fabricate /dev itself if necessary."
> fi >&2
> 
> People (like me) will forget otherwise.

It would even be possible to have a shell function that would emulate
the 'fast' mknod if you are building a non-native /dev.

That way you get the best of both worlds.


	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk