freebsd-src/etc/defaults/devfs.rules
Ed Schouten bc093719ca Integrate the new MPSAFE TTY layer to the FreeBSD operating system.
The last half year I've been working on a replacement TTY layer for the
FreeBSD kernel. The new TTY layer was designed to improve the following:

- Improved driver model:

  The old TTY layer has a driver model that is not abstract enough to
  make it friendly to use. A good example is the output path, where the
  device drivers directly access the output buffers. This means that an
  in-kernel PPP implementation must always convert network buffers into
  TTY buffers.

  If a PPP implementation would be built on top of the new TTY layer
  (still needs a hooks layer, though), it would allow the PPP
  implementation to directly hand the data to the TTY driver.

- Improved hotplugging:

  With the old TTY layer, it isn't entirely safe to destroy TTY's from
  the system. This implementation has a two-step destructing design,
  where the driver first abandons the TTY. After all threads have left
  the TTY, the TTY layer calls a routine in the driver, which can be
  used to free resources (unit numbers, etc).

  The pts(4) driver also implements this feature, which means
  posix_openpt() will now return PTY's that are created on the fly.

- Improved performance:

  One of the major improvements is the per-TTY mutex, which is expected
  to improve scalability when compared to the old Giant locking.
  Another change is the unbuffered copying to userspace, which is both
  used on TTY device nodes and PTY masters.

Upgrading should be quite straightforward. Unlike previous versions,
existing kernel configuration files do not need to be changed, except
when they reference device drivers that are listed in UPDATING.

Obtained from:		//depot/projects/mpsafetty/...
Approved by:		philip (ex-mentor)
Discussed:		on the lists, at BSDCan, at the DevSummit
Sponsored by:		Snow B.V., the Netherlands
dcons(4) fixed by:	kan
2008-08-20 08:31:58 +00:00

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#
# The following are some default rules for devfs(5) mounts.
# The format is very simple. Empty lines and lines beginning
# with a hash '#' are ignored. If the hash mark occurs anywhere
# other than the beginning of a line, it and any subsequent
# characters will be ignored. A line in between brackets '[]'
# denotes the beginning of a ruleset. In the brackets should
# be a name for the rule and its ruleset number. Any other lines
# will be considered to be the 'action' part of a rule
# passed to the devfs(8) command. These will be passed
# "as-is" to the devfs(8) command with the exception that
# any references to other rulesets will be expanded first. These
# references must include a dollar sign '$' in front of the
# name to be expanded properly.
#
# $FreeBSD$
#
# Very basic and secure ruleset: Hide everything.
# Used as a basis for other rules.
#
[devfsrules_hide_all=1]
add hide
# Basic devices typically necessary.
# Requires: devfsrules_hide_all
#
[devfsrules_unhide_basic=2]
add path null unhide
add path zero unhide
add path crypto unhide
add path random unhide
add path urandom unhide
# Devices typically needed to support logged-in users.
# Requires: devfsrules_hide_all
#
[devfsrules_unhide_login=3]
add path 'ptyp*' unhide
add path 'ptyq*' unhide
add path 'ptyr*' unhide
add path 'ptys*' unhide
add path 'ptyP*' unhide
add path 'ptyQ*' unhide
add path 'ptyR*' unhide
add path 'ptyS*' unhide
add path 'ttyp*' unhide
add path 'ttyq*' unhide
add path 'ttyr*' unhide
add path 'ttys*' unhide
add path 'ttyP*' unhide
add path 'ttyQ*' unhide
add path 'ttyR*' unhide
add path 'ttyS*' unhide
add path ptmx unhide
add path pts unhide
add path 'pts/*' unhide
add path fd unhide
add path 'fd/*' unhide
add path stdin unhide
add path stdout unhide
add path stderr unhide
# Devices usually found in a jail.
#
[devfsrules_jail=4]
add include $devfsrules_hide_all
add include $devfsrules_unhide_basic
add include $devfsrules_unhide_login