Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 21:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/26942: attempting to open a devfs device node causes crash Message-ID: <200104290440.f3T4e3u20900@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/26942; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: jmallett@newgold.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/26942: attempting to open a devfs device node causes crash Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 21:35:26 -0700 jmallett@newgold.net writes: > > >Number: 26942 > >Category: kern > >Synopsis: attempting to open a devfs device node causes crash > >Description: > On my machine running 4.3-STABLE using devfs, with a swap device of > ad0s2b, attempting to open /dev/rad0s2b using vi or to run strings > on it (as root) causes a total crash. The devfs in RELENG_4, which is broken, isn't the same as the devfs in HEAD, which works quite well. In other words: don't use devfs on -stable: it won't work. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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