From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 15:10:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C30216A41C for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 15:10:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FAFA43D48 for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 15:10:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4OFAc4a040715; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:10:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4OFAcpo005251; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:10:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4OFAc6E005250; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:10:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 17:10:38 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Sten Spans Message-ID: <20050524151038.GA5226@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200505232000.j4NK0Nc9076137@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505232000.j4NK0Nc9076137@freefall.freebsd.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha/50868: fd0 floppy device is not mapped into /dev (XP1000) FreeBSD-5.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 15:10:41 -0000 On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 08:00:23PM +0000, Sten Spans wrote.. > The following reply was made to PR alpha/50868; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Sten Spans > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, root@fi.infn.it > Cc: > Subject: Re: alpha/50868: fd0 floppy device is not mapped into /dev (XP1000) > FreeBSD-5.0 > Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 21:57:40 +0200 (CEST) > > This seems to be fixed in 6.0-CURRENT: > > deepthought# uname -a > FreeBSD deepthought.blinkenlights.nl 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #4: > Mon May 9 22:44:34 CEST 2005 > root@deepthought.blinkenlights.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DEEPTHOUGHT alpha > deepthought# ls -la /dev/fd* > crw-r----- 1 root operator 10, 102 May 22 23:14 /dev/fd0 > > /dev/fd: > total 1 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 1 1970 . > dr-xr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Jan 1 1970 .. > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 11 May 22 23:14 0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 9 May 22 23:14 1 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 15 May 22 23:14 2 > > There may be other problems with fd* on alpha, but this one seems > to have been fixed. No: FD(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual FD(4) NAME fd, stdin, stdout, stderr -- file descriptor files DESCRIPTION The files /dev/fd/0 through /dev/fd/# refer to file descriptors which can be accessed through the file system. If the file descriptor is open and the mode the file is being opened with is a subset of the mode of the existing descriptor, the call: -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org