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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: julian@ref.tfs.com, scrappy@ki.net
Subject: Re: PATCH: small, syntax changes for devfs
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>	For some reason, I'm getting all my /dev/sd0[abcef] devices, but
>none of the /dev/sd0s1[abcef] devices.  Looking at the code, I can't find

There seems to be a bug or two, and some details aren't right yet:
- perhaps you don't have those devices.  There are about 512 slice/partition
  names per physical device, and only the existent ones are generated.
- names for partitions aren't generated unless the slice containing the
  partitions or at least one partition on that slice is open.  I'm not
  sure if they should be generated; anyway, this isn't implemented.
- names for aliases for partitions in the compatibility slice apparently
  arent't generated.  I'm not sure if the should be; but this is supposed
  to be implemented.
- names for my removable rsd1 weren't generated correctly.  After messing
  around with this for a while, the disk became inaccessible even using
  ordinary /dev.  This bug has something to do with the disk usually not
  having any devices open on it.

Bruce