On Feb 25, 11:39am, netbsd@lists.veego.de (Bernd Ernesti) wrote:
-- Subject: Keeping obsolete device numbers? (was: CVS commit: src/sys/conf)

| On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 01:32:10AM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
| [..]
| > Modified Files:
| > 	src/sys/conf: files majors
| > 
| > Log Message:
| > remove vinum
| [..]
| > cvs rdiff -r1.18 -r1.19 src/sys/conf/majors
| 
| Hi Christos,
| 
| you left the vinum entry with an obsolete comment in that list, which is IMHO
| correct, but i was asking myself if the device numbers should also be left in that
| list, so we see which was the old device number.

I put it back, thanks.

| Which brings us to the question about recycling obsolete device numbers.
| Should we do that or not and what is the downside if we do it?
| 
| I think we could recycle it at one point, which could be one or two major
| releases after it was removed.
| Hmm, do we also need to teach postinstall about this obsolete device numbers?

I don't know what needs to be done about that. Do we have dev nodes in lists?

christos