Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

Shawn Leas (sleas@ixion.honeywell.com)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:11:27 -0500 (CDT)


On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Horst von Brand wrote:

> Shawn Leas <sleas@ixion.honeywell.com> said:
> > How do you suppose a distribution is going to ensure that only the device
> > nodes for the installed hardware are in /dev for the users that don't
> > necessarily feel like rm'ing all those nodes they don't need while still
> > providing all the /dev entries needed for the largest of systems?
>
> By recording in /dev the devices configured in by the user when setting up
> the system. By running a script that probes for extant devices, and just
> configures those.

Please attatch you existing working code, or post a URL to your HP-UX like
solution.

-Shawn
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