Re: port-ofppc/51659: NetBSD/ofppc's ramdisk kernel doesn't have /dev directory

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-ofppc/51659; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: port-ofppc/51659: NetBSD/ofppc's ramdisk kernel doesn't have /dev directory
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 21:53:53 +0100

 Just to clarify: does it not have /dev or is /dev empty?
 
 Does it have tmpfs or mfs support in the kernel? If one of that is available
 and /dev exists, init should mount a ramdisk over /dev and populate it.
 
 And for the patch: MAKEDEVTARGET all sounds a bit heavy, most architectures
 use a special "minimal" or "ramdisk" target (i.e. to create opty entries,
 which are considered a security issue in non-install scenarios, but are
 more lightweight than offering ptyfs support).
 
 Martin