Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:47:11 -0800 From: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> To: Sebastian Lederer <lederer@bonn-online.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch for src/sys/i386/isa/wd.c Message-ID: <3635180F.BA6C6F92@gorean.org> References: <3634F865.9755D2E7@bonn-online.com>
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Sebastian Lederer wrote: > > Hi, > > How about the following patch to src/sys/i386/isa/wd.c ? It fills in the > disk model name (and disk type) when reading the in-core disk label via > the DIOCGDINFO ioctl(), if it has not already been set. Tested and > working on a couple of machines. It's just a simple way for userland > programs to identify IDE disks by name (which is what I need for a > FreeBSD installation program). This compiles and runs fine on -stable, any chance you could supply code that would show me the label? I think this is a fine idea, and I'd even like to see it in the boot message. More information provided to the user is always a good thing. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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