Re: Permissions db in "mounted-over /dev" <-> "normal directory"

[Robert Siemer <Robert.Siemer@xxxxxx>]

From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Robert Siemer writes:

> > And as "mounted-over /dev" needs a new mount and recent kernel:
> > what's its gain?
> 
> - You don't need to copy inodes from /dev to /dev-state

Uh? And what is this doing instead?:
 CHANGE   .*   COPY    $devpath /dev-state/$devname
 CREATE   .*   COPY    $devpath /dev-state/$devname

> - you can seamlessly switch between devfs and non-devfs systems
>   without worrying about copying permissions over.

Indeed! Good to know...


Bye,
        Robert