cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d devfs

Doug Barton DougB at FreeBSD.org
Fri May 2 18:36:08 PDT 2003


On Sat, 3 May 2003, Bruce Evans wrote:

> On Fri, 2 May 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> > In message <200305020810.h428AxCw057728 at repoman.freebsd.org>, Mike Makonnen wri
> > tes:
> > >mtm         2003/05/02 01:10:59 PDT
> > >
> > >  FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >  Modified files:
> > >    etc/rc.d             devfs
> > >  Log:
> > >  Create a symbolic link /dev/vga -> /dev/ttyv0.
> >
> > Why isn't this link created by the device driver anyway ?
>
> Some drivers don't fully support devfs yet.
>
> As explained in MAKEDEV in RELENG_4, /dev/vga is compatibility
> cruft for a pccons interface and/or X.  It shouldn't exist, but
> still seems to be used by X:

X 4.3 doesn't seem to use it, which is why I missed the need for Mike's
update in my testing. We might be able to get away with dropping this, but
I'm not 100% sure yet.

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