Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 23:12:22 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: mkcramfs porting done - device file issues.... Message-ID: <20020529031222.GA22630@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 03:52:27AM +0200, gmx wrote: >Under Linux i have devices under /dev which possibly point to 'nirvana' >(because there is no appropriate kernel feature/mod). Why should't i >have such "dummy-dev`s" under cygwin ? Cygwin doesn't have major and minor device numbers. >Isn't this "feature" implemented yet and can it be easily implemented ? It isn't implemented and it would be difficult to implement. Sorry. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/