Subject: Re: devd-alike for NetBSD
To: None <pavel.cahyna@st.mff.cuni.cz>
From: M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/08/2005 15:21:03
In message: <pan.2005.02.08.08.15.16.389250@st.mff.cuni.cz>
            Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@st.mff.cuni.cz> writes:
: So, /dev/drvctl presents events in a text form? Is this a good idea? In
: Linux procfs, most of the nodes are human-readable text and it seems to do
: much more harm than good. E.g. "trivial" whitespace changes breaking
: userspace programs. I always preferred the way how sysctl in BGSD presents
: structured binary information.
: 
: BTW what does FreeBSD newbus do?

FreeBSD presents it in text form.

Warner