Once you convert all your config files to use devfs names, you might want
to comment out the first REGISTER and UNREGISTER commands in
/etc/devfs/compat_symlinks and then reboot. You'll get a much cleaner
looking /dev. eg:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev]$ ls
MAKEDEV dsp input mixer printers rdvd stderr v4l
cdrom dvd kmem mixer1 ptmx root stdin vc
cdroms fd log null pts scsi stdout vcc
console floppy mem nvidia0 pty sequencer tts xconsole
cpu full midi nvidiactl random sequencer2 tty zero
cua gpmctl midi1 port raw1 shm urandom
discs initctl misc ppp rawctl sound usb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev]$
Some programs are hardcoded to look for things at /dev/foo
*cough KMIX cough* so you should add a couple of lines to the bottom of
devfsd.conf that REGISTER the sound devices like so
REGISTER ^sound/dsp CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink sound/dsp dsp
REGISTER ^sound/mixer CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink sound/mixer mixer
REGISTER ^sound/mixer1 CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink sound/mixer1 mixer1
REGISTER ^sound/midi CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink sound/midi midi
REGISTER ^sound/midi1 CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink sound/midi1 midi1
REGISTER ^sound/sequencer CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink sound/sequencer sequencer
REGISTER ^sound/sequencer2 CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink sound/sequender2 sequencer2
HTH,
--ian
