Re: PROPOSAL: /proc/dev
Michael Neuffer (neuffer@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de)
Thu, 1 Jan 1998 11:05:01 +0100 (MET)
On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, James Mastros wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > Hi, all. My recent work on the /proc/mtrr interface has gotten me
> > thinking about an old discussion: configuring /dev entries. Instead of
> > complicated schemes for determining what devices are available and
> > automagically creating /dev entries, how about creating entries in
> > /proc/dev instead?
The FreeBSD people are working on a /devfs as well.
IŽd suggest that everyone takes a look at
ftp://hub.freebsd.org/pub/scsi/README and the related source code
before continuing with this discussion.
It might help us avoiding a lot of unnecessary discussions and problems.
Mike