Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 20:50:35 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "block device required" Message-ID: <200108182050.aa94906@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Aug 2001 12:34:26 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108181233550.59594-100000@beppo>
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> > > msdosfs: /dev/ugen0: Block device required > > > > This is caused by the kernel returning ENOTBLK, which I think still > > makes sense in the kernel. It's possible that the errno should be > > translated to a different string though... > Just because there is no 'block' device representation in /dev doesn't mean > that there aren't block devices. Indeed - that's why I said ENOTBLK makes sense in the kernel. Since someone got rid of the classic "Not a typewriter" message for ENOTTY, maybe we should change the message for ENOTBLK to "Inappropriate device for operation". David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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