> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> # No SCSI disc renaming or subdirectory support has been done yet. I'm
> # still letting the dust settle.
>
> **PLEASE** do the subdiectory thing. Even if you haven't decided on a
> naming scheme. I'm waiting to add support for other various devices until
> you have done so.
You needn't wait. Support for subdirectories will just be a matter of
changing devfs_register("sd_blah",...) to devfs_register("sd/blah",...)
when the time comes -- just a trivial change to a string constant. So you
way as well start working of devfs now. Already taken/done are: misc
character devices, scsi and ide subsystems, all tty devices (/dev/console,
/dev/ttyS0, /dev/pty, etc), and character memory devices (/dev/zero,
/dev/full, /dev/mem, etc). You may wish to attack printers (simple place
to start, I think), sound, cdrom or floppy support. Coordinate with
Richard before you start.
--Scott
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