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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 1995 10:31:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault)
Cc:        jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Install bug for big minor numbers
Message-ID:  <199506061731.KAA21212@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199506061253.IAA16912@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Jun 6, 95 08:53:44 am

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According to Peter Dufault:
> 
> Jordan K. Hubbard writes:
> > 
> > > How is /dev being created, Jordan?  MAKEDEV will do it properly.
> > > Are all the slices coming out OK?  They use those bits too.
> > 
> > They're all using MAKEDEV..
> 
> It still works:
> 
> > hda# cd /dev 
> > hda# cp /usr/src/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV .
> > hda# ls -lt rsd0.ctl
> > crw-------  1 root  wheel   13, 536870912 May  3 08:59 rsd0.ctl
> > hda# rm rsd0.ctl
> > hda# sh MAKEDEV sd0
> > hda# ls -lt rsd0.ctl
> > crw-------  1 root  wheel   13, 536870912 Jun  6 08:50 rsd0.ctl
> > hda# 
> 
> Brian: can you think of anything you did that may have broken things?
> Bruce mentioned that "tar" loses on this.  Does anyone else have broken
> control entries for the SCSI devices?
> 

This is what I get:

kargl[228] ll /dev/*l
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      1992 May 29 05:48 /dev/MAKEDEV.local*
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    2,   2 Jun  6 00:22 /dev/null
crw-------  1 root  wheel   24, 128 May 29 05:48 /dev/pcaudioctl
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    6,  21 May 29 05:48 /dev/ptypl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   15,   0 May 29 05:48 /dev/rcd0.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   17,   0 May 29 05:48 /dev/rch0.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,   0 May 29 05:48 /dev/rsd0.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,   8 May 29 05:48 /dev/rsd1.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,  16 May 29 05:48 /dev/rsd2.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,  24 May 29 05:48 /dev/rsd3.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   14,   0 May 29 05:48 /dev/rst0.ctl
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    5,  21 May 29 05:48 /dev/ttypl

This is from a 2.0.5-ALPHA installation on Sunday (6-4-95).


troutmask[9] rm rsd0.ctl
troutmask[10] sh MAKEDEV sd0
troutmask[11] !ll
ll rsd*.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   13, 536870912 Jun  6 10:30 rsd0.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,   8 May 29 05:48 rsd1.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,  16 May 29 05:48 rsd2.ctl
crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,  24 May 29 05:48 rsd3.ctl
troutmask[12] 

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Applied Physics Lab | Fax:   206-543-6785 |
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