some PRs

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 08:15:54PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 10:08:48PM +0200, Nicolas Souchu wrote:
> > Patchs like:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=68961
> 
> What in the world is this patch (ie, /dev/full) for??
> I just don't see the point in /dev/full.  Could you please give some good
> examples of its use?

I think it's useful for compatibility.

> Also what "Un*x OSes" besides Linux has this?

Asides Linux, I only know of the Hurd providing it. But there might be
other kernels.

-- 
Robert Millan

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