Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/13768: sh MAKEDEV cdN creates all cd(N-1)-devices for all N>0 Message-ID: <199909170140.SAA36530@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/13768; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: chris@calldei.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/13768: sh MAKEDEV cdN creates all cd(N-1)-devices for all N>0 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:31:17 -0400 (EDT) Chris Costello once stated: =On Wed, Sep 15, 1999, Mikhail Teterin wrote: => sh MAKEDEV cd5 => ls -l cd* => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 0 15 ___ 22:43 cd0a => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 2 15 ___ 22:43 cd0c => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 8 15 ___ 22:43 cd1a => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 10 15 ___ 22:43 cd1c => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 16 15 ___ 22:43 cd2a => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 18 15 ___ 22:43 cd2c => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 24 15 ___ 22:43 cd3a => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 26 15 ___ 22:43 cd3c => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 32 15 ___ 22:43 cd4a => brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 34 15 ___ 22:43 cd4c = = Please count. You have 5 CDROMs on your system; there are 5 =devices. cd0, cd1, cd2, cd3, cd4. I'm not asking for 5 CD-ROM devices. I'm asking for ONE -- cd5. I now understand, that there are two different semantics involved. One -- in case of vty, cd -- treat the digit as the total number of similar devices desired. The other -- in case of da, wd -- treat the digit as part of the device name and create the corresponding devices ONLY. My problems with this: 1. The two semantics are inconsistent with each other -- perhaps, for historical reasons? 2. In case of CD-ROMs, the second (a'la da and wd) semantics seems more sensible to me. Yours, -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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