Re: Review/Test: Pseudo-device unit number management patch

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 09:11:59 +0100
In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402072348240.24800-100000_at_InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju
lian Elischer writes:

>> I would appreciate if people would test these devices work _as
>> previously_ with this patch in place.
>
>well that depends on your definition of "as previously"
>
>Previously, nmdm started off with 4 devices visible in /dev now I don't
>see that.. The old behaviour was intuitive... You saw a device.

This new behaviour is called a "cloning device" and it doesn't allocate
any resources until they are actually needed, which I belive is the
correct behaviour for pseudo-devices.

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Received on Sat Feb 07 2004 - 23:12:10 UTC

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