Re: mjf-devfs2 branch

[Matt Fleming <mjf%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:20:05PM -0400, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> Matt Fleming wrote:
>>      * dctl: the devfs control device node that allows devfsd to
>>              communicate with and manipulate devfs mounts. This
>>              device node is also responsible for notifying devfsd of
>>              new devices being attached to the system.
>
> Does dctl notify on all autoconfiguration attach/detaches, or only on new 
> device node additions/removals? If the former, I would really like to use 
> this facility for device notifications with my NetBSD FDO HAL port.
>

dctl notifies whenever a driver is attached to a device. It is devfsd that
controls device node additions/removals. It'd probably be best to expand
dctl to handle multiple listeners which FDO HAL could use.

I'll keep you posted.

- --mjf
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