Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 20:14:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael Richards" <michael@fastmail.ca> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Who wrote the loader Message-ID: <3AC7C474.00002B.59989@frodo.searchcanada.ca>
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Hi everyone.
The work on the SRM loader continues. I've got the problem very
narrowed down. Every time open() in libstand is called, it ends up
calling devopen(). I'm still trying to figure out why... devopen ends
up calling prom_open which is causing the actual problem on the
AS1200.
I am continuing to work on this tonight, but does anyone know why the
standard open call would be trying to open the block device? My guess
is that when it was ported this code detected calls to open block
devices and sets the f_flags F_RAW flag if this is the case.
Who would have written this code? I'm just wondering if someone out
there can add (or change) my understanding off the top of their heads.
-Michael
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