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Date:      Mon, 14 Jul 1997 12:50:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: kern/4089: ccd0 hangs in newfs? 
Message-ID:  <199707141950.MAA10357@hub.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/4089; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
To: pi@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/4089: ccd0 hangs in newfs? 
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 13:43:59 -0600

 >	if a ccd device is configured (ccdconfig -C -v)
 >	and newfs runs on that ccd0c,
 
 	and you happen to newfs the block device instead of
 	the raw device...
 
 >	the systems hungs
 
 This bug was already fixed fairly recently in current.  There
 was a deadlock problem with buffer reuse that could be triggered
 easily by newfsing a block device.  If you newfs the raw device,
 you shouldn't have any problems (i.e. use /dev/rccd0c instead of
 /dev/ccd0c).
 
 --
 Justin T. Gibbs
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