From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Apr 6 01:32:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA17470 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 01:32:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA17462 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 01:32:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA03525; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 19:26:27 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604060956.TAA03525@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Some solutions to disk problems.... I think. To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com (Brett Glass) Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 19:26:27 +0930 (CST) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hardware@freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: <9603058287.AA828718491@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett Glass" at Apr 5, 96 07:28:00 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brett Glass stands accused of saying: > > >>Then what are the configuration flags for devices such as cd0, etc.? > > >Chopped liver? ;-) > > > They don't exist. Using `flags 1234' in the config file is a syntax > > error for non-isa devices. > > Interesting. If it's an error in "syntax," are you sure that the problem is > that the flags do not exist? Or is it that the number should be in hex > (i.e. 0x1234)? > > The configuration editor does show flags as available. Whether or not any > flags are used, the mechanism is there. Look again. The flags are there for the _controllers_, not for the devices. (Don't argue, I wrote half of it 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[