> > You mean like...
> >
> > c0b0t0u0p1 and rc0b0t0u0p1? This would be better WITH DevFS, than
> > without...
>
> Its got nothing to do with devFS. Its means I want to RW to a device
> without the buffer cache getting in the way.
>
> For many applications, this is a bad thing - but for large database
> which maintain their own caches, etc. it can be a big win.
It has a lot to do with having twice the number of dev files around adding
to the directory entry lookup tim, though.
This is all I meant by it being better *with* DevFS than without. Any
time you increase the number of possible device nodes, you have increased
administrative overhead in /dev without it, too.
-Shawn
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