[HEADS UP] change in devfs path matching logic

[Andriy Gapon]

This change is about to be MFC-ed.

on 26/07/2013 17:39 Andriy Gapon said the following:
> 
> I have just committed a significant change to devfs path matching logic
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/253677
> 
> Jaakko Heinonen (jh@) has full credit for the code while I have full
> responsibility for any consequences of the commit.
> 
> Before this change the logic of matching the devfs paths to the patterns in
> devfs rules was quite arcane.  Now this logic should be much simpler and logical
> (sorry for tautology).
> 
> Please note that nothing changes with respect to matching simple paths like
> /dev/something.  It is the complex paths that involve subdirectories that are
> affected.
> 
> I think that if you knew how the old logic worked and were able to devise rules
> for it, then you will have no problem to change those rules for the new logic.
> Just please don't forget to do it when you upgrade!
> 
> I hope that overall you will find this change to be an improvement.
> 
> P.S. I notify stable@ because I currently plan to MFC this change after 1 month
> period.  If you know a reason why the MFC should not be done, please alert me to it.
> 


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Andriy Gapon