From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 2 05:12:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA01075 for current-outgoing; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 05:12:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp4.portal.net.au [202.12.71.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA01069 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 05:12:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA00351; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 23:36:14 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801021306.XAA00351@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Julian Elischer cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: YADR (yet another DEVFS Release) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 31 Dec 1997 19:23:23 -0800." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 23:36:13 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > ftp://hub.freebsd.org/pub/scsi/slice8.tar.gz Looks pretty good from here. > caviats > > don't disklabel using this kernel > you CAN do it but you need to know how > sysinstall fails terribly as it has no > 'SLICE' code which sysinstall wants > (I guess I'm going to need to do a libdisk that doesn't use it) > see also README fro more caviats. Another one to add; you can't use X with /dev/psm0, you have to use /dev/npsm0. MAKEDEV creates /dev/psm0 as the nonblocking device, but the psm driver registers this as the blocking device. Symptoms are that the X server freezes unless you are moving the mouse. Also the new sound code isn't quite getting it right; it's appending unit numbers to its devices without supplying default entries (ie. no /dev/ dsp, /dev/mixer, etc.) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\