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Date:      Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:09:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        phk@critter.freebsd.dk (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: is dumpon/savecore broken?
Message-ID:  <199907201809.LAA04373@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <21539.932493344@critter.freebsd.dk> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "Jul 20, 1999 07:55:44 pm"

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According to Poul-Henning Kamp:
> In message <199907201742.KAA04068@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, "Steven G. Kar
> gl" writes:
> >
> >During the boot process I see
> 
> >   dumpon: crash dumps to /dev/da0s1b (4, 131073)
> >   checking for core dump...savecore: can't find device 13/131073
> 
> >It seems that the the major device number is reset from 4 to 13.
> 
> Yes, all dev_t's which make it out of the kernel have cmajor
> numbers now.
> 
> Try this change to savecore:
> 
> 	/ddname = find_dev/s/BLK/CHR/
> 

Thanks, Poul. 

I forgot to mention that this is after a "make world" and new kernel
from today (1000 PST).

-- 
Steve


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