From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 31 20:23:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (overcee.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A8C014C2D; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 20:23:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88521CA0; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 12:23:48 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" Cc: Bruce Evans , Chuck Robey , Brian Fundakowski Feldman , FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiple cd devices In-Reply-To: Message from "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" of "Fri, 31 Dec 1999 17:48:48 -0400." <386D24C0.118C1980@vangelderen.org> Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:23:48 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20000101042348.B88521CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" wrote: > Bruce Evans wrote: > > > > On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > Why are "certain" devices wildly different than all other ones? I've > > > > Because the CAM update broke (SCSI) cd devices in rev.1.171 of MAKEDEV. > > mcd and scd were in the same case statement so they were broken too. The > > breakage has spread to acd and ccd (although the latter is not a cdrom), > > but not to matcd or wcd or non-cdrom disks. > > What about having > ./MAKEDEV cd0 cd1 cd4 -da2 da6-da9 > create cd0, cd1, cd4, da1, da2, da6, da7, da8, da9 ? This would be > a generic solution that still allows for holes. Not possible because > of compatibility issues? I'm willing to give it a go. "Send patches" :-) Seriously, the ultimate solution is a devfs-like system. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message