On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Ryan Sommers wrote: > Came across this little oddity while playing with audio: > > root_at_lilshadow(/sys/dev/sound/pci):cd /dev > root_at_lilshadow(/dev):ls -l mixer* > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0 Jan 1 00:41 mixer0 > root_at_lilshadow(/dev):ls -l mixer > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0 Jan 1 00:41 mixer > root_at_lilshadow(/dev) > > I don't believe this is an ls(1) bug since an audio app couldn't find > /dev/mixer. Trying to symlink mixer0 to mixer fails with file exists as > well. > > If you need any more info let me know. > > PS If the problem is in ls(1) there is a patch on bin/59320 to fix a > formatting issue with the '-h' option. Ryan, This is a FAQ. FreeBSD supports on-the-fly device creation. This means that a device might exist when lstat() is called on it but it will not be found when readdir() steps through the /dev directory. Regards, > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >Received on Thu Jan 01 2004 - 17:17:30 UTC
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