Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:47:36 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Kevin Street <street@iname.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, FUJISHIMA Satsuki <k5@cheerful.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vinum start needs block device Message-ID: <19991212154736.8295D1CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> of "Sun, 12 Dec 1999 16:37:29 %2B0100." <17568.945013049@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <879030896x.fsf@mired.eh.local>, Kevin Street writes: > > >Jordan, I don't understand your answer. Using the new MAKEDEV is what > >causes vinum to fail. Won't -release be using the new MAKEDEV? > > > >Greg, is there a mechanism to transition an existing vinum > >installation to the new device nodes? > > I think that between the two of us, Greg and I have lost a oneline > patch on the floor, try this: I tried a patch exactly like this last night, it works fine. I also changed the error message below to say "not a _disk_ device" rather than refer to block devices. > Index: vinumio.c > =================================================================== > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/dev/vinum/vinumio.c,v > retrieving revision 1.45 > diff -u -r1.45 vinumio.c > --- vinumio.c 1999/10/13 03:17:59 1.45 > +++ vinumio.c 1999/12/12 11:00:12 > @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ > drive->devicename, > drive->vp->v_usecount); > } > - if (drive->vp->v_type != VBLK) { /* only consider bl ock devices */ > + if (!vn_isdisk(drive->vp)) { /* only consider bl ock devices */ > VOP_UNLOCK(drive->vp, 0, drive->p); > close_drive(drive); > drive->lasterror = ENOTBLK; > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member > phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." > FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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