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Date:      Sun, 23 Jan 2000 23:10:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/16320: fstat -f confuses some partitions
Message-ID:  <200001240710.XAA11221@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/16320; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: krentel@dreamscape.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/16320: fstat -f confuses some partitions
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 18:02:50 +1100 (EST)

 On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 krentel@dreamscape.com wrote:
 
 > >Fix:
 > I suggest the following patch.  It removes the 0xffff mask from fsid,
 > so fstat correctly distinguishes between da0s1f and da0s2f.  Instead,
 > it puts the mask on the printf statement, so fstat -n continues to
 > display da0s2f as device 4,5 instead of 4,0x00030005.
 > 
 > Or, maybe da0s2f really should print as 4,0x00030005, I don't know.
 > I've never been that clear on Freebsd's use of the high-order bits
 > in the minor number.
 
 fstat should print the full number, but this will mess up the formatting.
 It uses %2d formatting, so it already messes up minor numbers larger than
 99.
 
 Bruce
 
 


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