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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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