Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Tue, 12 Oct 1999 04:34:11 +0400 (MSD) | Subject | Re: My $0.02 on devd and devfs |
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In <380254A4.F0C32162@pobox.com> Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com) wrote: JG> 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.
JG> Are you implying here that /dev/printer/0 is created at open() time?
Not just /dev/printer/0 but also /dev/printer directory if it's not there.
JG> IMHO that is a bad idea.
Why ? bunch of modules will be loaded when you'll try to access /dev/lp0 without devfs so creation of file in open() call looks like logical next step...
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