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From: serge@euler.Berkeley.EDU serge@euler.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Plan 9 devices
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 20:52:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19950426005258.8DxMzl0oTm5hdHwezOLoMGXJJjsq-NSj5FWjEFQNTIo@z> (raw)

>What happens in the kernel when i type
>        $ bind '#T' /dev        ?
>Which part/function of the kernel creates /dev/kp{ctl|data}?

(No, no, I don't think the gasoline was enough.  Now, where did I put
that napalm?  :-)

I was just wondering if it's possible to replace '#name' with,
e.g. /dri(ver[s])/name (/wet/name? :-) With the latter you can use/get
the power of all the standard tools, e.g. ls to see all the available
drivers, etc.  Of course, if you bind'ed over it, you're out of luck,
but the same would happen if you bind'ed over /bin/bind ...






             reply	other threads:[~1995-04-26  0:52 UTC|newest]

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1995-04-26  0:52 serge [this message]
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1995-04-26 20:13 serge
1995-04-20  8:59 Hans-Peter

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