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On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 12:50:00PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> nothing really 'depends' on devfs, it just makes management of /dev/ a HELL |
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> of a lot nicer ... |
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That's debatable. I spent _way_ more time reading devfs* manpages, fiddling |
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with /etc/devfs*, checking /lib/dev-state, and SIGHUPing devfsd(8) to get my |
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device files set up to taste than it would have taken to just run chown(1) |
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and chmod(1) in /dev. |
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Then there's the "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2" nonsense. If I |
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wanted baroque Solaris-style device naming plus dozens of compatibility |
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symlinks, I'd run Solaris. |
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A famous engineer will one day say, "The more they over-think the plumbing, |
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the easier it is to stop up the drain." |
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> i know i hated looking around /dev in my old slackware |
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> install ... it has hundreds of useless dev files ... |
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rm(1) is your friend there. |
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Like Blue Oyster Cult almost said, "Come on baby, don't fear the MAKEDEV". |
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