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Re: mjf-devfs2 branch
> [...devfs...]
Somkething like this has been needed for a long time. A very cool use
of the flexibility of custom filesystems.
However, this...
> - Manipulating device nodes with chmod(1)/chgrp(1) needs to
> update the rules in devfsd accordingly. These rules will be
> written to the configuration file to allow them to persist
> across reboots.
...leads me to ask, what about other things, such as mv, ln, ln -s, and
objects other than device files in /dev? While I can't speak for
anyone other than myself, I don't consider support for that sort of
thing in /dev optional (for other than devfs-development systems).
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