Edging closer to making major device numbers a pesky compatibility detail and generally bring the new DEVFS based world order closer: 20010525 disk.patch Create a general facility for making dev_t's depend on another dev_t. The dev_depends(dev_t, dev_t) function is for tying them to each other. When destroy_dev() is called on a dev_t, all dev_t's depending on it will also be destroyed (depth first order). Rewrite the make_dev_alias() to use this dependency facility. kern/subr_disk.c Make the disk mini-layer use dependencies to make sure all relevant dev_t's are removed when the disk disappears. Make the disk mini-layer precreate some magic sub devices which the disk/slice/label code expects to be there. kern/subr_disklabel.c Remove some now unneeded variables. kern/subr_diskmbr.c Remove some ancient, commented out code. kern/subr_diskslice.c Minor cleanup. Use name from dev_t instead of dsname() Not for commit yet: Panic if the cdevsw of a non make_dev()'ed dev_t is accessed. Warn about drivers calling cdevsw_add() -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message