umass to /dev/da* mapping

Mike Clarke jmc-freebsd2 at milibyte.co.uk
Wed Dec 7 16:07:14 UTC 2011


On Wednesday 07 December 2011, Zane C. B-H. wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:39:30 -0700 (MST)
>
> Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Zane C. B-H. wrote:
> > > Still you will want to investigate what I've mentioned. It will
> > > drastically simplify permission stuff as well as make automatic.
> > > The devfs stuff is just not boottime only, but will be applied to
> > > any new device added etc post boot.
> >
> > Are you sure of that?  Seems like devfs permissions are only
> > applied when devfs(8) apply/applyset commands are run, directly or
> > through /etc/rc.d/devfs.
>
> Yeah, I am sure of that. It is what I have setup here.
>
> /etc/devfs.conf - This one only affects boot time stuff.
>
> /dec/devfs.rules - This one contains the rules will be applied during
> and post boot. It will also require you to specify which to use in
> "/etc/rc.conf" as this file can contain multiple rule sets.

But can I use that to dynamically set up my link to the new device when 
the memory stick is inserted?

-- 
Mike Clarke


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