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Date:      Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:23:48 +0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: multiple cd devices 
Message-ID:  <20000101042348.B88521CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>  of "Fri, 31 Dec 1999 17:48:48 -0400." <386D24C0.118C1980@vangelderen.org> 

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"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



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