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Date:      Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:26:35 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dev links won't open.  Why?
Message-ID:  <19980731162635.T7830@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <x71zr2y571.fsf@singularity.enigami.com>; from Cory Kempf on Fri, Jul 31, 1998 at 01:12:18AM -0400
References:  <x71zr2y571.fsf@singularity.enigami.com>

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On Friday, 31 July 1998 at  1:12:18 -0400, Cory Kempf wrote:
>
> As root, create a link to a /dev/pass device, e.g.
>
> 	ln -s /dev/pass3 /dev/scanner
>
> Again as root, attempt to open /dev/scanner via cam_open_device.
>
> It fails.  

How?  What error?

> Why?  Assuming it is a bug in cam_open_device, can we get it fixed?

Well, it doesn't solve whatever the problem might be, but why not use
a hard link?

Greg
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