handle special file type in tmpfs

[Eric Anderson]

On 04/17/07 12:01, Howard Su wrote:
> I am facing a problem when porting tmpfs. What's the story for FreeBSD
> to support special type of files, like BLK, CHR, FIFO, SOCKET? I know
> BLK/CHR will be
> handled by devfs. How about FIFO & SOCKET? Need any special code to
> handle them? Or they will be handled by VFS? Even, should tmpfs
> support them?


I'm not certain of all the answers to your questions, but I can say that 
I think FIFO & SOCKET are the most important ones.


Eric