Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)
Richard Gooch (Richard.Gooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Sat, 8 Aug 1998 11:24:09 +1000
kragen@pobox.com writes:
> On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > When you attempt to access a device node which isn't there (say
> > "ide/cd/c0b0t0u0") then for each path component that doesn't exist,
> > devfs sends that to kmod. Thus, potentially, you have have the
> > following sequence of strings sent to kmod: "ide", "ide/cd",
> > "ide/cd/c0b0t0u0".
>
> Oh, OK.
>
> Is this something that I should already know from reading the FAQ?
> (It's been a few weeks.)
Admittedly I don't go into as much detail in the FAQ. I should correct
that.
Regards,
Richard....
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