devfsd for Debian
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The /etc/init.d/devfs script does two things other than starting devfsd: it
creates extra symlinks and devices from the configuration files in
/etc/devfs.

The purpose of this is to support devices which are not created
automatically by the drivers as yet.

Also in the Debian version, the configuration file is moved into
/etc/devfs/devfsd.conf instead of /etc/devfsd.conf, and includes a
file /etc/devfs/perms which as installed contains the standard permissions
used by /sbin/MAKEDEV.

New packages which need to create devices and/or directories may place
files in the same formats as /etc/devfs/devices under /etc/devfs/devices.d .

New packages which need to create new devfsd configuration directives may place
files in the same format as /etc/devfs/devfsd.conf under /etc/devfs/conf.d .
This is also used for symlinks.

/etc/devfs/symlinks.d and /etc/devfs/symlinks are deprecated and will be
removed in a future version.  /etc/devfs/conf.d files can do every type of
sym-link creation you could desire.
