Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 14:24:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com> To: obrien@NUXI.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Today's kernel crashes on starting X Message-ID: <199905141824.OAA06861@lor.watermarkgroup.com>
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> > This was due to a kludge in mfs implementation. Try change NUMCDEV in > > kern_conf.c to 255. > > Are you saying that there is a bug in the mfs implementation and a fix > will be commited soon? (and change NUMCDEV until then) > > Or are you saying, the mfs implementation is now considered correct (but > there are some kludges in there) and that changing NUMCDEV in kern_conf.c > to 255 is the perminate fix? > > -- > -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) > This is a fundamental problem with mfs' design, mfs steals bdev major 255 for its private use. One thing we could do is to have mfs legally acquire this major number, i.e., setup a devsw structure and register with device conf system. This problem probably would go away after we have a fully functional DEVFS. -lq To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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