Date: 31 Jul 1998 08:25:27 -0400 From: Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dev links won't open. Why? Message-ID: <x7zpdqw6ko.fsf@singularity.enigami.com> In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:26:35 %2B0930" References: <x71zr2y571.fsf@singularity.enigami.com> <19980731162635.T7830@freebie.lemis.com>
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"Greg" == Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes: > 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? Errno is 0 the return from cam_open_device is NULL Not very useful. >> 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? 'cause it fails the same way? +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/chipmerchant.html>; Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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