Re: devfs support for 5.0

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

2008/9/11 Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>:
> On Thursday, 1 May 2008 7:43:10
> Matt Fleming <mjf%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Although this is a reply to a rather old thread, I lately had to
> re-read this message to link it to someone who had interest in trying
> devfs out, and noticed the following:
>
>> High Priority:
>> [...]
>> - chmod/chgrp/mv need to signal the changes to devfsd(8)
>> [...]
>
> Wouldn't it be better for the devfs vnodeops(9) to trigger such
> notification rather than userland commands?  Otherwise you'd end up
> with unsuspected behavior while doing operations using third party
> software (i.e. any file manager).
>
> Unless this is what the line meant of course :)
>

That is what I meant, I just phrased it in a really daft way :-)