Re: devlinks: an alternative to devfs
Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Thu, 8 Jan 1998 17:59:55 +1100
Kevin Lentin writes:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 1998 at 06:31:07PM -0600, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> >
> > I suggest again using a sysctl or devctl to mark "/dev" as
> > "a place where drivers create entries when they initialize".
>
> mount -o remount,nocreate /gaol/dev
>
> Could that work?
Er, I don't see how that can help for a sysctl() which says /dev is
special WRT symlinks. What problem are you trying to solve with the
remount?
Regards,
Richard....