From owner-cvs-all Mon Nov 8 11:57:45 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5022C14BF7; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:57:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id UAA20203; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:56:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Greg Lehey Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_conf.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Nov 1999 14:47:06 EST." <19991108144706.05338@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 20:56:45 +0100 Message-ID: <20201.942091005@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <19991108144706.05338@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>, Greg Lehey writes: >On Monday, 8 November 1999 at 3:44:52 -0800, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> phk 1999/11/08 03:44:52 PST >> >> Modified files: >> sys/kern vfs_conf.c >> Log: >> Ignore leading 'r' in base of root device name. >> >> Revision Changes Path >> 1.41 +3 -1 src/sys/kern/vfs_conf.c > >Does this mean that if the name of the device is 'root', setrootbyname >will go off looking for 'oot'? With the disappearance of block >devices, I would have thought that an initial 'r' would lose its >magic. Yes, and yes they will. But until such time, we will have to suffer this particular hack (here and in several userland utilities) for a little while longer. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message