Re: devd limitations / automounting removable storage

From: Suleiman Souhlal (ssouhlal_at_vt.edu)
Date: 09/18/03

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To: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>

    On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:18:49 -0400 (EDT) Jeff Roberson
    <jroberson@chesapeake.net> wrote:
    >
    > Please use kqueue. We should have 1 eventing mechanism in the kernel.
    >

    I think that is not a bad idea, considering it should not be too difficult to add new event filters, and that it already works pretty well.

    Suleiman Souhlal
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