From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: krewat@kilonet.net (Arthur Krewat) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 11:18:54 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] Device special files In-Reply-To: References: <1517946499.3717582.1261737872.3DC598F2@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20180207012556.GL30690@eureka.lemis.com> Message-ID: LOL - I did not write that ;) On 2/7/2018 7:39 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Arthur Krewat wrote: > >> My understanding is that udev is an elaboration on devfs on Linux >> that includes a rules engine that supports things like assigning set >> names to specific devices, setting permissions, group/user ownership >> and the like. [...] > > Thanks for that; I only have the Penguin for porting porpoises, not > for daily use.  I write stuff on the Mac (because the USB ports are > right in front of me), test it on a known reliable server like > FreeBSD, then go and see what the penguins have broken this time...[*] > > [*] > Yes, I do have a certain amount of contempt for a userbase that > blithely ignores and rewrites history to the utter exclusion of Unix, > such as over on Wikipedia where they claimed that they were the first > to use "/dev/fb" to access the frame buffer; I've since corrected that > arrant nonsense. >