Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:20:05 -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: <200104290520.f3T5K5O34739@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: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> Cc: jmallett@newgold.net, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/26942: attempting to open a devfs device node causes crash Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:18:54 -0700 Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> writes: > Are there any plans to fix this in 4.x? Not that I know of. I doubt phk will want to MFC it. The devfs in RELENG_4 is a completely different system, written by a different author. > > -- > +--------------------------------------+ > | <jmallett@xMach.org> Joseph Mallett | > | xMach Core Team | > +--------------------------------------+ > | xMach: Proactively Unbloated | > | Microkernel BSD | > | IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#xMach | > | Web: www.xMach.org | > +--------------------------------------+ > > On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Dima Dorfman wrote: > > > 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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