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> Let us consider the average 'man on the street' computer-illiterate
> user. To them, the first question will be 'What's a device node?'. This
> could require a lengthy answer. However the big advantage devfs offers
> to such people is that it is autoconfiguring. It adds/removes nodes
> depending on what the device drivers is present, and therefore based
> upon the hardware configuration of the system. This obviates the need
> for anyone except the hardcore hackers to know 'what's a device node?'.
How do you reference, say, /dev/fd0 if the floppy module isn't even loaded?
You need to do that so kmod loads the module, as things stand now.
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