> What does it mean when /dev is said to be static? dynamic? > What should I be reading about?
On Linux, static tends to be used on embedded systems for speed and sanity when you know about all the hardware that will be connected and don't want anything interfering. OpenBSD has a Makedev script which builds the nodes. With dynamic the device nodes are created as needed rather than being pre-prepared. The fact the filesystem is dynamically sized in ram too is irrelevent really and simply makes it easier to have a read only root filesystem. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) _______________________________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/831428.92679...@smtp124.mail.ird.yahoo.com
