Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:30:13 GMT From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/85975: devfs does not create entries when removable media is inserted Message-ID: <200509111430.j8BEUDEw071248@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/85975; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/85975: devfs does not create entries when removable media is inserted Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:24:05 +0200 In message <200509111414.j8BEEmA6002696@curry.mchp.siemens.de>, Andre Albsmeier writes: >The /dev/da10s1 entry is created after opening /dev/da10 >for writing(!) using open(2) in a small C programme. true > /dev/da10 would have done it for you. yes, this is a known problem and it requires polling removable media drives to solve it. It's been put on the back-burner until CAM gets its SMP makeover. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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