"G. Allen Morris III" wrote:
> >
> > Exactly. This is the kind of thing that makes devfs worth it. Together
> > with some way of specifying these things for the whole network (I wasn't
> > kidding when I mentioned NIS) it actually gives system administrators
> > something new. And it makes for more than just a regular /dev on a regular
> > filesystem.
>
> This sounds just like autofs to me! The only difference with /dev is
> that you would be creating block or character special files instead of
> soft links and nfs mounts.
>
FWIW, it would be a trivial hack to make autofs capable of generating
device nodes on demand. I have yet to see any strong use for that,
though; emphasis here on "on demand."
-hpa
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