Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 17:21:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Michael Richards <michael@fastmail.ca> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who wrote the loader Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104011720470.14661-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <3AC7C474.00002B.59989@frodo.searchcanada.ca>
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It might have been Doug Rabson who wrote this original code. I'm not really sure. Thanks for tracking this down. On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Michael Richards wrote: > 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 > _________________________________________________________________ > http://fastmail.ca/ - Fast Free Web Email for Canadians To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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