cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha mem.c src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC src/sys/alpha/include memdev.h src/sys/amd64/amd64 io.c mem.c src/sys/amd64/conf GENERIC NOTES src/sys/amd64/include iodev.h memdev.h src/sys/conf NOTES files files.alpha files.amd64 ...

[John Baldwin]

On Sunday 01 August 2004 07:40 am, Mark Murray wrote:
> markm       2004-08-01 11:40:54 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/alpha/alpha      mem.c
>     sys/alpha/conf       GENERIC
>     sys/amd64/amd64      mem.c
>     sys/amd64/conf       GENERIC NOTES
>     sys/conf             NOTES files files.alpha files.amd64
>                          files.i386 files.ia64 files.pc98
>                          files.sparc64
> [ ... ]

Why in the world are /dev/null and /dev/zero optional?  /dev/[k]mem 
and /dev/io I can accept for those with uber-high security paranoia, but I 
can't think of any good reason to have a kernel without /dev/null 
and /dev/zero.  To me it seems that this creates way more foot shooting 
potential than benefit.  It's one thing to have device drivers for hardware 
that may or may not be present optional, but /dev/null and /dev/zero do not 
fall into that case.

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