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Re: vnd.c 1.254



On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:43:18PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> > It's trivial to check the /dev nodes even with the shell, why make
> > this a feature for a device-specific command?
> 
> because it has been there for at last 2 releases

7.0 and what else ?

In any case, even what is possible with 7.0 isn't something really
useful. I'd rather have something that lists existing devices, allocates
a fresh one and tells me the name and works for all such pseudo disks.

Greetings,
-- 
                                Michael van Elst
Internet: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost
                                "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."


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