Allow users to configure stuff in /dev once again by re-doing the devfs

script to read /etc/devfs.conf, and take appropriate actions based on
what it finds there.

The (commented out) examples in the new devfs.conf file are taken in
part from the old rc.devfs script.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/etc/rc.d/devfs b/etc/rc.d/devfs
index 437aad9..aaf828b 100644
--- a/etc/rc.d/devfs
+++ b/etc/rc.d/devfs
@@ -11,18 +11,31 @@
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="devfs"
+start_cmd='read_devfs_conf'
+stop_cmd=':'
 
-load_rc_config $name
-
-# Setup DEVFS, ie permissions, links etc.
-#
-if [ -c /dev/ttyv0 -a ! -e /dev/vga ];then
-	ln -fs /dev/ttyv0 /dev/vga
-fi
+read_devfs_conf()
+{
+	if [ -r /etc/devfs.conf ]; then
+		cd /dev
+		while read action device parameter; do
+			case "${action}" in
+			l*)	if [ -c ${device} -a ! -e ${parameter} ]; then
+					ln -fs ${device} ${parameter}
+				fi
+				;;
+			o*)	if [ -c ${device} ]; then
+					chown ${parameter} ${device}
+				fi
+				;;
+			p*)	if [ -c ${device} ]; then
+					chmod ${parameter} ${device}
+				fi
+				;;
+			esac
+		done < /etc/devfs.conf
+	fi
+}
 
-# XXX - in case the user has a customized /etc/rc.devfs we need to keep
-#	pulling it in until we have a better way of doing this in rc.d.
-#
-if [ -r /etc/rc.devfs ]; then
-	sh /etc/rc.devfs
-fi
+load_rc_config $name
+run_rc_command "$1"