Am I blind? (devfs issue)
Sorry, this is probably a stupid question, but: [riggs] ~ ll /dev/ds* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 3 27 Jan 14:46 /dev/dsp0.0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0x00010003 27 Jan 10:59 /dev/dsp0.1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 5 27 Jan 10:59 /dev/dspW0.0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0x00010005 27 Jan 10:59 /dev/dspW0.1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 11 27 Jan 10:59 /dev/dspr0.0 [riggs] ~ ll /dev/dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 3 27 Jan 14:46 /dev/dsp Could somebody explain to me why the device isn't listed in the first ls -l call? TIA Riggs P.S. FreeBSD trillian.mugiri.au 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 22 23:19:13 WST 2003 -- - Die Welt schläft tief schon lange Zeit | Sent with RiggiSmooth [tm] - -- Mich nur flieht die Dunkelheit| - -- --- Denn per Infrarot seh ich| just to fit your --- Die Nacht ist wirklich widerlich. | primitive screen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Am I blind? (devfs issue)
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thomas E. Zander write s: Sorry, this is probably a stupid question, but: [riggs] ~ ll /dev/ds* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 3 27 Jan 14:46 /dev/dsp0.0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0x00010003 27 Jan 10:59 /dev/dsp0.1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 5 27 Jan 10:59 /dev/dspW0.0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0x00010005 27 Jan 10:59 /dev/dspW0.1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 11 27 Jan 10:59 /dev/dspr0.0 [riggs] ~ ll /dev/dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 3 27 Jan 14:46 /dev/dsp Could somebody explain to me why the device isn't listed in the first ls -l call? Hehe: welcome to clonable devices :-) Notice that the major/minor is 3/27 which maps to /dev/dsp0.0. /dev/dsp is a cloned device which gives you the first free /dev/dsp* device. cloned devices do not appear in readdir requests, that's why you don't see it with ls -l /dev/dsp* -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Am I blind? (devfs issue)
Hi, On Mon, 27. Jan 2003, at 9:49 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote according to [Re: Am I blind? (devfs issue)]: Could somebody explain to me why the device isn't listed in the first ls -l call? Hehe: welcome to clonable devices :-) Notice that the major/minor is 3/27 which maps to /dev/dsp0.0. /dev/dsp is a cloned device which gives you the first free /dev/dsp* device. cloned devices do not appear in readdir requests, that's why you don't see it with ls -l /dev/dsp* Okay, I understand. Thanks for the quick answer. Riggs -- - [...] I talked to the computer at great length and -- explained my view of the Universe to it said Marvin. --- And what happened? pressed Ford. It committed suicide. said Marvin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
