/dev/null doesn't get created

[Derek Tattersall]

* Mark Murray (mark at grondar.org) [040801 17:03]:
> From: Mark Murray <mark at grondar.org>
> Message-Id: <200408011825.i71IPZgG018406 at grimreaper.grondar.org>
> To: dlt at mebtel.net
> Cc: current at FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: /dev/null doesn't get created 
> Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 19:25:34 +0100
> 
> Derek Tattersall writes:
> > CURRENT as of this morning dint'create /dev/null.  My previous
> > CURRENT, from July 25 created it fine so all was well.Can anybody
> > offer me a clue as to what this is all about?  I tried to figure out
> > what causes /dev/null to get created, but was unsuccessful.
> 
> BOOBOO of mine. Please always check src/UPDATING for clues :-)
> 
> M
> --
> Mark Murray
> iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH

Well I appear to have cvsup'ed just before you added the text to
UPDATING.  Oh well.  That brings up an interesting question: Under
what circumstances would it be advantageous to not compile the drivers
into the kernel, but leave them as modules and load from
/boot/loader.conf?  I haven't had any luck imagining why you would
want to leave them as modules.

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