Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 13:31:52 -0500 (EST) From: Wankle Rotary Engine <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: config(8) and conflicts Message-ID: <199502171831.NAA06479@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199502171431.JAA22356@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Feb 17, 95 09:31:28 am
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
They say this Peter Dufault person was kidding when he wrote: > > Config doesn't check for conflicts, even when it can. Should it? > I've started putting in checks so that you can't config something > like: > > > disk sd2 at scbus0 target 3 > > disk sd2 at scbus1 target 3 > > but is this the right thing? > > -- > Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation > HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 > dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267 > Well, Sun Micro apparently decided this was the 'right thing': [excerpt from /sys/sun4c/conf/GENERIC for SunOS 4.1.3] # # The following section describes SCSI device unit assignments. # scsibus0 at esp # declare first scsi bus disk sd0 at scsibus0 target 3 lun 0 # first hard SCSI disk disk sd1 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0 # second hard SCSI disk disk sd2 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0 # third hard SCSI disk disk sd3 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0 # fourth hard SCSI disk tape st0 at scsibus0 target 4 lun 0 # first SCSI tape tape st1 at scsibus0 target 5 lun 0 # second SCSI tape disk sr0 at scsibus0 target 6 lun 0 # CD-ROM device Whether or not one agrees with Sun on this issue is another matter entirely. :) If it was up to me, I'd allow the target assignments but document the heck out of things so people could make intelligent decisions when configuring their own systems. -Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~~~ FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development #0: Tue Feb 7 01:49:07 EST 1995 ~~~~~~~~~
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199502171831.NAA06479>