Re: CVS commit: src/etc

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 03:52:50PM +0000, Alan Barrett wrote:
> 
> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: apb
> Date:         Sun Mar 11 15:52:31 UTC 2007
> 
> Modified Files:
>       src/etc: MAKEDEV.tmpl
> 
> Log Message:
> * Add "-p pax" flag, to create all device nodes at once using pax,
>   instead of one by one using mknod.  This is much faster (speed
>   increases of up to 20 times have been observed, but 3 to 5 times is
>   more common).
> * One "-M" flag will create the mfs file system but not redirect output
>   to a temporary console; "-M -M" will also redirect output.
> * Change the way we accumulate options to pass to MAKEDEV.local.

This is great!  I cannot count how many times I've drummed my fingers
waiting for MAKEDEV to create /dev on a slow SBC.  I must buy you a
beer sometime.

Dave

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