Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 17:14:14 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, swallace@ece.uci.edu Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2-960323-SNAP: ibcs2 panic Message-ID: <199603280614.RAA14635@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>As I explained when I wrote the spx "support" it is truely a hack. >Look at the code: >... >It doesn't matter what device it opens, just as long as it doesn't exist. You get to implement /dev/nonexistent or /dev/spx_hack :-). >Then it returns ENXIO so it checks the path. This is for speed so >not all opens check the path. Since the old socksys support was deprecated, >the old spx device that no longer exists is a good choice for this hack! Major 41 is still reserved, so it is a good choice for /dev/nonexistent. Bruce
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