Re: geom, devfs

[Julian Elischer <julian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

freebsd4.x has a devfs that was moved out of the way for the new one..
I think it still works enough to work on DF. (I also think it's better.)


also in /dev/slice you will find old code for a geom-like framework
(it's in the attic)


ibotty wrote:
> hi matt and all,
>
> do you/we plan to port geom[1] (or a similar) framework to DragonFly?
> i came across this, when i thought about geom-gate, which looks very
> interesting. 
>
> imho, geom is a nice abstraction, so is something similar intended for
> DragonFly?
>
> ... and what about devfs? i like the concept of having only these device
> nods, that need to be there. (do we really need mknod?, the kernel should
> know better, what he supports).
> i guess, this will have to wait till matt completes his vfs overhaul.
>
> just some minor questions ;)
>
>
> [1] http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/Geom/
>
> cheers,
> ~ibotty