Re: Kernel-generated /dev...

David Holland (dholland@hcs.harvard.edu)
Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:27:59 -0400 (EDT)

> How about the Solaris method of /dev :-) "touch /reconfigure and reboot
> to create or remove any devices."

rebooting is lame. Also, it doesn't solve the problem, which is that
MAKEDEV always lags behind the kernel. Sun doesn't have that problem
since they distribute the whole works at once.

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