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Date:      Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:59:53 -0400
From:      Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To:        Ken Smith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/md md.c
Message-ID:  <20040828195953.GE26424@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <200408281954.i7SJsojG018658@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200408281954.i7SJsojG018658@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 07:54:50PM +0000, Ken Smith wrote:
> kensmith    2004-08-28 19:54:50 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_5)
>     sys/dev/md           md.c 
>   Log:
>   Back out the MFC done as rev 1.127.2.1.  It seems to fix the problem of
>   mdconfig returning before the device's name appears in /dev but it seems
>   to cause a worse problem.  When booting the installation media (CD or
>   boot floppies) the system hangs after the device probes, at the point
>   it should be trying to mount a MD-based filesystem as its root filesystem.
>   Backing out this patch solves that problem, allowing it to proceed to
>   the sysinstall menu.
>   
>   Approved by:    re (rwatson)
>   
>   Revision   Changes    Path
>   1.127.2.2  +0 -1      src/sys/dev/md/md.c

At this point I don't intend to touch HEAD.  I still would like to
see the original problem fixed and I'm guessing that the original
change is on the right pathway to fixing it.  Just a little more
care or something?

Colin/Poul-Henning, do you mind checking into why the call to
g_waitidle() seems to cause problems using an md device as a root
filesystem during install?

Thanks...

-- 
						Ken Smith
- From there to here, from here to      |       kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu
  there, funny things are everywhere.   |
                      - Theodore Geisel |



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