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Date:      Sun, 19 Jul 1998 07:51:21 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Dump device with DEVFS? 
Message-ID:  <199807191451.HAA13256@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Jul 1998 14:24:46 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.980718141937.21408B-100000@current1.whistle.com> 

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>the test should be commented out for SLICE

   I'm a bit confused - you didn't preserve the minor number bit ordering in
devfs?

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

>bde broke it because he thought it needed to test for a swap partition..
>
>
>it actually needs to be re-examined..
>
>check the history of that file for bruce's backout.
>your anaylsys is correct.
>
>
>On 18 Jul 1998, Dag-Erling Coidan [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav  wrote:
>
>> It seems to be impossible to enable a dump device with DEVFS. The
>> following code in setdumpdev() in sys/i386/i386/autoconf.c is the
>> culprit:
>> 
>>         if (dkpart(dev) != SWAP_PART)
>>                 return (ENODEV);
>> 
>> dkpart(dev) is #defined to (minor(dev) & 7) in disklabel.h, and
>> SWAP_PART is #defined to 1 in the same file.
>> 
>> Now MAKEDEV will assign minor numbers with the lower nybble 0x1 to
>> swap partitions ([fosw]d?b or something like that) so it will work
>> fine, but Helen's swap partition (/dev/wd0s1b) has minor number 11
>> (lower nybble 0x3), and Niobe's swap partition (/dev/sd0b) has minor
>> number 20 (lower nybble 0x4), neither of which is acceptable to
>> setdumpdev(). The only partition I have which is eligible as a dump
>> device (due to its minor number being 25) is /dev/sd0h, aka. /usr/src.
>> 
>> Am I missing something here? Is this a bug or a feature? How do I set
>> a dump device on a DEVFS system? And anyway, shouldn't setdumpdev()
>> just trust the user to know what he's doing even if the selected
>> partition doesn't seem to be a swap partition?
>> 
>> BTW, I just had a panic trying to umount an msdosfs floppy - probably
>> thanks to soft updates, all my file systems except /var came up clean
>> although I was cvsupping at the time of the panic.
>
>great..
>
>> 
>> For completeness' sake, here is my dmesg, kernel config and a listing
>> of /dev/sd*:
>> 
>> Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc.
>> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
>> 	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
>> FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #9: Fri Jul 17 18:26:15 CEST 1998
>>     finrod@niobe.ewox.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/niobe
>> Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz  cost 2278 ns
>> Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 166193751 Hz  cost 137 ns
>> CPU: Pentium/P54C (166.19-MHz 586-class CPU)
>>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x52c  Stepping=12
>>   Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
>> real memory  = 134217728 (131072K bytes)
>> 
>> FreeBSD Kernel Configuration Utility - Version 1.1
>>  Type "help" for help or "visual" to go to the visual
>>  configuration interface (requires MGA/VGA display or
>>  serial terminal capable of displaying ANSI graphics).
>> config> quit
>> avail memory = 127885312 (124888K bytes)
>> DEVFS: ready for devices
>> Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
>> chip0: <Intel 82439> rev 0x03 on pci0.0.0
>> chip1: <Intel 82371SB PCI to ISA bridge> rev 0x01 on pci0.7.0
>> de0: <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 0x22 int a irq 15 on pci0.9.0
>> de0: ACCTON EN1207 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2
>> de0: address 00:00:e8:4a:83:63
>> de0: enabling 100baseTX port
>> vga0: <Tseng Labs ET6000 graphics accelerator> rev 0x70 int a irq 9 on pci0.10.0
>> ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter> rev 0x00 int a irq 12 on pci0.11.0
>> ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs
>> scbus0 at ahc0 bus 0
>> sd0 at scbus0 target 2 lun 0
>> sd0: <QUANTUM XP34550W LXY1> type 0 fixed SCSI 2
>> sd0: Direct-Access 4341MB (8890760 512 byte sectors)
>> sd0: with 5899 cyls, 10 heads, and an average 150 sectors/track
>> ahc0:A:4: refuses WIDE negotiation.  Using 8bit transfers
>> sd1 at scbus0 target 4 lun 0
>> sd1: <QUANTUM FIREBALL ST6.4S 0F0C> type 0 fixed SCSI 2
>> sd1: Direct-Access 6180MB (12657717 512 byte sectors)
>> sd1: with 7068 cyls, 8 heads, and an average 223 sectors/track
>> ahc1: <Adaptec 2940 SCSI host adapter> rev 0x00 int a irq 11 on pci0.12.0
>> ahc1: aic7870 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs
>> scbus1 at ahc1 bus 0
>> st0 at scbus1 target 3 lun 0
>> st0: <TECMAR TRAVAN NS8 P611> type 1 removable SCSI 2
>> st0: Sequential-Access density code 0x0,  drive empty
>> sd2 at scbus1 target 4 lun 0
>> sd2: <CONNER CFP1080S 4649> type 0 fixed SCSI 2
>> sd2: Direct-Access 1030MB (2110812 512 byte sectors)
>> sd2: with 3658 cyls, 6 heads, and an average 96 sectors/track
>> cd0 at scbus1 target 5 lun 0
>> cd0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3801TA 1047> type 5 removable SCSI 2
>> cd0: CD-ROM cd present [258777 x 2048 byte records]
>> od0 at scbus1 target 6 lun 0
>> od0: <OLYMPUS MOS330 1.30> type 7 removable SCSI 2
>> od0: Optical 217MB (446325 512 byte sectors)
>> od0: with approximate 217 cyls, 64 heads, and 32 sectors/track
>> Probing for PnP devices:
>> Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
>> sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
>> sc0: VGA color <12 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
>> psm0 not found at 0x60
>> sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa
>> sio0: type 16550A
>> sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
>> sio1: type 16550A
>> lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
>> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
>> lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
>> pcm0 not found
>> fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
>> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
>> fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
>> 1 3C5x9 board(s) on ISA found at 0x300
>> ep0 at 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa
>> ep0: aui/bnc[*BNC*] address 00:60:8c:61:df:38
>> npx0 on motherboard
>> npx0: INT 16 interface
>> Intel Pentium F00F detected, installing workaround
>> DEVFS: ready to run
>> IP packet filtering initialized, divert disabled, rule-based forwarding disabled, logging limited to 256 packets/entry
>> sd0: probing for MBR.. rejected.. Slice includes MBR sd0: probing for disklabel..  part a, start=0, size=131072
>>  part b, start=131072, size=1048576
>>  part d, start=3932160, size=4958600
>>  part e, start=1179648, size=131072
>>  part f, start=1310720, size=524288
>>  part g, start=1835008, size=1048576
>>  part h, start=2883584, size=1048576
>> sd1: probing for MBR.. rejected.. Slice includes MBR sd1: probing for disklabel..  part e, start=0, size=524288
>>  part f, start=524288, size=1572864
>>  part g, start=2097152, size=10560565
>> sd2: probing for MBR..  part 1, start=63, size=2104452
>> sd2s1: attaching disklabel..
>>  part e, start=0, size=524288
>>  part f, start=524288, size=1580164
>> fd0: probing for MBR.. WOULD SELECT /sd0a And it exists
>> WARNING: / was not properly dismounted.
>> fd0: Operation timeout
>> fd0: hard error, block 0  (No status)
>> ffs_mountfs: superblock updated
>> ffs_mountfs: superblock updated
>> ffs_mountfs: superblock updated
>> ffs_mountfs: superblock updated
>> ffs_mountfs: superblock updated
>> ffs_mountfs: superblock updated
>> ffs_mountfs: superblock updated
>> ffs_mountfs: superblock updated
>> 
>> #
>> # Kernel configuration for niobe.ewox.org
>> #
>> machine		"i386"
>> cpu		"I586_CPU"
>> ident		niobe
>> maxusers	64
>> #
>> # Networking
>> options		INET
>> options		IPFIREWALL
>> options		IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
>> options		"IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=256"
>> options		"NMBCLUSTERS=4096"
>> #
>> # File system
>> options		DEVFS
>> options		FFS
>> options		FFS_ROOT		# Boot from FFS
>> options		NFS
>> options		PROCFS
>> options		SLICE			# Use devfs for devices
>> options		SOFTUPDATES
>> #
>> # XFree86 support
>> options		SYSVMSG
>> options		SYSVSEM
>> options		SYSVSHM
>> options		UCONSOLE
>> #
>> # Misc. kernel options
>> options		"AUTO_EOI_1"
>> options		"AUTO_EOI_2"
>> options		"COMPAT_43"
>> options		"MD5"
>> options		BOUNCE_BUFFERS
>> options		INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE
>> options		USERCONFIG
>> options		USERCONFIG_BOOT
>> options		USER_LDT
>> options		VISUAL_USERCONFIG
>> #
>> config		kernel	root on sd0
>> #
>> # Buses
>> controller	isa0
>> controller	pci0
>> controller	pnp0
>> #
>> # Numeric processor extensions
>> device		npx0	at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr
>> #
>> # Floppy controller
>> controller	fdc0	at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
>> disk		fd0	at fdc0 drive 0
>> #
>> # SCSI controllers
>> controller	ahc0
>> controller	scbus0
>> device		sd0
>> device		od0
>> device		st0
>> device		cd0
>> pseudo-device	su
>> pseudo-device	ssc
>> options		"SCSI_DELAY=1"
>> options		SCSI_REPORT_GEOMETRY
>> #
>> # System console and mouse
>> device		sc0	at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr
>> options		"MAXCONS=12"
>> options		"SC_HISTORY_SIZE=4096"
>> options		"MSGBUF_SIZE=32768"
>> device		psm0	at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr
>> #
>> # I/O ports
>> device		sio0	at isa? port "IO_COM1" flags 0x10 tty irq 4 vector siointr
>> device		sio1	at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr
>> device		lpt0	at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr
>> #
>> # Network adapters
>> device de0
>> device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr
>> #
>> # Networking pseudo-devices
>> pseudo-device	loop
>> pseudo-device	ether
>> pseudo-device	tun	4
>> pseudo-device	bpfilter 4
>> #
>> # Other pseudo-devices
>> pseudo-device	gzip
>> pseudo-device	pty	64
>> pseudo-device	vn	4
>> #
>> # Sound hardware (Luigi Rizzo)
>> device		pcm0 at isa? port? tty irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 vector pcmintr
>> #
>> 
>> root@niobe # ll /dev/sd*
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,   8 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd0
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  19 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd0a
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  20 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd0b
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  21 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd0d
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  22 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd0e
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  23 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd0f
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  24 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd0g
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  25 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd0h
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,   9 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd1
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  26 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd1e
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  27 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd1f
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  28 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd1g
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  10 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd2
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  29 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd2s1
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  30 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd2s1e
>> brw-------  1 root  operator   14,  31 Jul 18 21:56 /dev/sd2s1f
>> 
>> DES
>> -- 
>> One two, one two, one two.
>> 
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