>Khimenko Victor wrote:
>> See above. Try to turn on printer, do `cat something > /dev/printer/0`
with
>> devfs and explain how it'll be handled with devd.
>Are you implying here that /dev/printer/0 is created at open() time?
>IMHO that is a bad idea.
I think you're mis-understanding, and you didn't read the entire post.
If the device node isn't there, devfs can locate the module needed,
load it, and then the DRIVER, implicitely by having been loaded,
puts it's device node into the namespace. (So to speak)
-Shawn
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