Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:01:21 +1000 From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: New devfsd available Hi, all. I've just released a new version of my devfsd (devfs daemon) at: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/ This works with devfs-patch-v59 (sorry about the flood of those patches: v58 and v59 only fixed problems related to the new feature in devfsd). The new feature is that asynchronous device open events are now supported (and by symmetry, device close events too). What this means is that you can configure devfsd to run a programme when a device is opened (i.e. when no other process currently has it open) and later run another programme when the last process closes it. You could use this feature to change the protection on devices like the floppy and sound devices to be the same as the owner of the first virtual console. Other uses probably also exist :-) Regards, Richard.... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/faq.html