Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:38:28 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Matteo Riondato <matteo@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d mdconfig Message-ID: <20070827133828.GA70070@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200708250019.l7P0JHxK057929@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200708250019.l7P0JHxK057929@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 12:19:17AM +0000, Matteo Riondato wrote: > matteo 2007-08-25 00:19:17 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > etc/rc.d mdconfig > Log: > sleep 2 seconds after having loaded g_uzip.ko. We need this because > otherwise the /dev/mdX.uzip won't be created immediately, which is > needed because we issue a mount right afterwards. Wouldn't it be better to loop & retry (with a small sleep) until it appears? "Sleeping N seconds" is a way to just shuffle a race into some other case. Kris
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