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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: abuse and the -stable linux emu.
To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty Jr.)
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 17:24:31 -0700 (MST)
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> This is a quick and dirty trick  for linux mknod problem in freebsd.
> How quick? I just literally slap this on the code...
> 
> I stuck this on linux_files.c 
> 
> int
> linux_mknod(struct proc *p, struct linux_creat_args *args, int *retval)
> {
>     struct {
> 	char *path;
> 	int flags;
> 	int mode;
>     } bsd_open_args;
> 
> 
>     bsd_open_args.path = args->path;
>     bsd_open_args.mode = args->mode;
> 
>     return mkfifo(p, &bsd_open_args, retval);
> }
> ----
> and in linux_sysent.c
> 
> extern int linux_mknod();
> 
> and change the mknod call to linux_mknod :
> linux_sysent.c:    3, mknod,              /* 14 */
>   to
> linux_sysent.c:    3, linux_mknod,        /* 14 */

Probably work if all you ever make are FIFO's.

8-) 8-) 8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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