Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:53:42 -0500 From: Boris Kochergin <spawk@acm.poly.edu> To: martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gstat: geom_gettree = -1: No such file or directory Message-ID: <4B40E7B6.8040500@acm.poly.edu> In-Reply-To: <hhqftc$m4a$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <hhlcfe$tqk$1@ger.gmane.org> <20100103013537.GK3508@acme.spoerlein.net> <hhqftc$m4a$1@ger.gmane.org>
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martinko wrote: > Ulrich Spörlein wrote: >> On Fri, 01.01.2010 at 18:47:27 +0100, martinko wrote: >>> Hi list, >>> >>> gstat(8) does not work here on 8.0 (it worked happily on 6.x and 7.x) : >>> >>> # gstat >>> gstat: geom_gettree = -1: No such file or directory >>> >>> Is this known ? What can I do ? >> >> I doubt that it is widely known, but I've seen these 2-3 times before >> when fussing around with USB media and/or md(4) devices with gmirror on >> top. Basically, if you get really creative with the geom layering, this >> is likely to happen. >> >> It sure is a bug, but without a good way to reproduce, noone's gonna fix >> it. > > Well, it is definitely reproducible here -- I cannot run gstat(8). > > Apart from mouse I have no USB devices connected. > > I use tmpmfs="YES" in rc.conf but I do not use gmirror nor any other > creative GEOM layering. > > If someone's willing to investigate -- what info should I provide ? > > Cheers, > > Martin I believe geom_gettree() gets its information from the kern.geom.confxml sysctl. With that said, can you put the output of the following command somewhere? sysctl -b kern.geom.confxml -Boris
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