Re: [coldsync-hackers] ColdSync, OpenBSD and USB

[Josef Karthauser <joe at tao dot org.uk>]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:08:48AM -0400, Andrew Arensburger wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 04:41:50PM -0400, Billy D'Augustine wrote:
> > Andrew said that /dev/usb0 won't exist until I press the HotSync button,
> > and then the device is inserted.
> 
> 	Well, the _file_ /dev/usb0 exists at all times, it's just that
> unless the PDA is syncing, it doesn't exist. It's similar to the way
> that you can create /dev/sd5a, but unless you actually install a SCSI
> disk with ID 5, you'll get "Device not configured" if you try to read
> from /dev/sd5a.
> 

On FreeBSD -current the /dev/ node doesn't exist until the usb device
appears because we have a devfs now.

Joe

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