[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] Trivial, Linux DevFS/RTC compatibility

[Robert Cardell]

On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 11:44:03AM -1000, Sidik Isani wrote:
> 
>   Just a note about devfs.  I've run it for years, but with these
>   two lines in my /etc/devfsd.conf
> 
> REGISTER        .*              MKOLDCOMPAT
> UNREGISTER      .*              RMOLDCOMPAT
> 
>   and /dev/rtc already exists (as a link, created by the devfsd for me).
> 
I'm aware of that. But one of the things I like about devfs is that the /dev
root doesn't have to be cluttered with every single device. The device nodes
can go under appropriate directories for SCSI disks, serial ports, TTYs, etc.
(except for the LVM, grrrr...)

On that note, I wonder if /dev/mga_vid shouldn't be /dev/misc/mga_vid on devfs.
I'll do a patch if someone says it won't be rejected outright.

> > So how about the following? It checks in the same order, but follows the
> > hwclock behaviour in that it only tries /dev/misc/rtc if /dev/rtc doesn't
> > exist. (NB: I've just edited the previous patch here, this one's untested.)
> 
>   Seems good enough.  You cannot edit these kind of patches, by the way.
> 
Thanks

> Be seeing you,
> 
> - Sidik

Rob.