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Originally Posted by BSDfan666
OpenBSD doesn't have a dynamic /dev filesystem, it is just a directory full of special device nodes generated but a script MAKEDEV(8) which itself runs mknod(8), this is how it was handled traditionally in Unix.. and personally I find it cleaner.
This requires some manual intervention if a device node does not exist, it's not overly difficult, and in most cases the installer will have generated a fair default.
Network interfaces do not have device nodes, you have 'block' and 'character' devices for disks, serial/tty interfaces, and other special devices that need to be represented and accessible by userland.
A framework exists called BPF(4), but I don't believe it's of any importance to you. |
That completely answers my question, and that is very interesting. I will have to study the history further. Thank you very much!
