Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 06:42:37 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mdconfig Problem Message-ID: <20040213063855.Y24784@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20040211235936.GF5681@trit.org> References: <001a01c3f02f$d8647fe0$2100000a@o8p3f6> <20040211235936.GF5681@trit.org>
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Lawrence Farr <bsd-current@epcdirect.co.uk> wrote: > > I've got an odd error with mdconfig, a script which has been > > running on 5.x for months suddenly started giving this error > > > > mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/5.2-20040211/floppies/kern.flp > > -u 0 > > mdconfig: ioctl(/dev/mdctl): No such file or directory > > An error that starts with "ioctl(/dev/mdctl)" actually refers to an > error during the processing of the ioctl. Opening the control device > is reported with "open(/dev/mdctl)". The most obvious reason for the > former to fail with ENOENT is that the file you specified using -f > does not exist. Someone should fix them by adding line numbers ;-). Seriously, it can be hard to determine which of several args passed to an ioctl caused the problem, and not mentioniong the ioctl name in error messages doesn't help. Brucehome | help
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