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On 2005.10.26 10:22:52 -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
| On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:35:47PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
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| > Main features:
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| > - Implements FreeBSD's devfs on NetBSD.
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| In the past, we (NetBSD folks) have talked about a devfs. One issue that=
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| has come up (I'll be honest, I've raised it a lot) is a desire to retain=
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| permission changes across boots, and to tie devices (when possible) to a=
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| device-specific attribute rather than a probe order.
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| Does FreeBSD's devfs support locators and persistent information? Are=20
| there plans to support something like that, if not?

I remember Linux's devfs having a configure file for that particular
objective. The user would set the permission flags in (I can't recall
if this is the real name) /etc/devfsd.conf and let devfsd do the job.

You could also use another directory for permissions, like /dev-state,
but personally, I don't like this method.

http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html#persistence

		-- Rui Paulo

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