Re: FreeBSD devfs support on NetBSD 5.0

[Reinoud Zandijk <reinoud%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:31:04PM +0300, Antti Kantee wrote:
> On Tue Jun 16 2009 at 15:24:45 -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
> > >> I have a FreeBSD devfs port for NetBSD 4.0. Now I'm upgrading my code 
> > >> base,
> > >> and I need to figure out what changes went into the NetBSD 5.0 
> > >> file-system to
> > >> make my FreeBSD devfs port code work on NetBSD 5.0. Would it be an idea 
> > >> to
> > >> have my FreeBSD devfs layer into the NetBSD kernel, so that I'm saved 
> > >> the work
> > >> of updating the VFS portion of my  FreeBSD devfs layer, every time there 
> > >> is a
> > >> new NetBSD version out?
> > >
> > > Cool, I'm soon at a stage where I require devfs in NetBSD to avoid
> > > overbearing component configuration routines.  The file system stuff
> > > between 4.0 and 5.0 is quite different, but 5.0 and -current should be
> > > fairly similar.  For integration, -current would be better.
> > >
> > Isn't Matt J. Fleming already working on a devfs implementation, cf
> > the entry about the mjf-devfs in src/doc/BRANCHES ?
> 
> Can we get an estimate of how many years until it's finished?
> I'm interested in *a* working implementation.  Whoever delivers first,
> I'll use it.

I dunno, i am not for `a' working implementation, i'm for a *good*
implementation. I must agree that Matt's version is taking its time, but
hopefully he'll finish it soon.

Reinoud