>> None of them fixes the root-mount kludges.
>
>actually the code you and SOS delted DID solve that....

No it didn't.  rootvn was still magically wired from rootdev,
with DEVFS mounted first it could be looked up with namei in
a proper fashion.

>> None of them implement cloning devices.
>no, though have you tried looking at ptys under devfs..
>as you use them, more are created.. (a bit of a hack but kinda cute).

Cute, but not cute enough.  We have several devices which do this
by now, but we need full cloning ability.

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