Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Tue, 12 Oct 1999 04:59:08 +0400 (MSD) | Subject | RE: My $0.02 on devd and devfs |
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In <6074D22B3E4AD311A34C00805F85BAAB20A55F@VU_STPNT01> Shawn Leas (SLEAS@videoupdate.com) wrote: > From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:jgarzik@pobox.com] > Subject: Re: My $0.02 on devd and devfs
>>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)
This all are details. All what you said is correct but the end result is that /dev/printer/0 is created at open() time along with /dev/printer.
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