On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote:
> Matthew Jacob wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote:
> >
> > > What are the names of the tape devices under devfs?
> > >
> > > Should dump(8) use /dev/sa0 for the rewind device and
> > > /dev/nsa0 for no rewind device? Should /etc/rc.d
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:50:23PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote:
> > > dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas
> > > sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current.
>
> The dump sources also refer to only the 'r' devices (_PATH_DEFTAPE
> is still "/dev/rsa0").
Fixed.
Steve Kargl wrote:
>
> The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind.
Nope. When this was discussed a while ago we got some authoritative
information to the effect that "r" has always meant raw for tapes too.
--
Daniel C. Sobral(8-DCS)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas
> > sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current.
The dump sources also refer to only the 'r' devices (_PATH_DEFTAPE
is still
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:01:32PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> > The rewind and non-rewind tape device names were changed under
> > devfs from rsa0 and nrsa0 to sa0 and nsa0, (which IMHO
> > violates POLA).
>
> They were changed in MAKEDEV long before that. MAKEDEV also provides
> 'r' n
Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind.
No.
We've been over this before. If you check the old 4.xBSD releases,
the 'r' clearly means "raw device". Once upon a time there were
tape block devices.
> The rewind and non-rewind tape d
> Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> > Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I haven't heard any screaming yet. Besides, this is -CURRENT.
> > devfs has also abandoned symlinks for 'r' disk devices.
> >
>
> The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind.
> The "r" in disk na
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I haven't heard any screaming yet. Besides, this is -CURRENT.
> devfs has also abandoned symlinks for 'r' disk devices.
>
The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind.
The "r" in disk names (such as rda0)
Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to rsa0 and nrsa0 whereas
> > > sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current.
> >
> > Then this should be fixed.
>
> But, what is the correct fix? Add symlink magic to rc.devfs?
> Change dump(8)?
Yes
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas
whoops rsa0
> > sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in
Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas
> sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current.
Then this should be fixed.
The non-'r' device names have been standard in -CURRENT for quite
some time. MAKEDEV only creates 'r'-na
Matthew Jacob wrote:
>
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote:
>
> > What are the names of the tape devices under devfs?
> >
> > Should dump(8) use /dev/sa0 for the rewind device and
> > /dev/nsa0 for no rewind device? Should /etc/rc.devfs
> > create symlinks from rsa0 and nrsa0 for backwards
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote:
> What are the names of the tape devices under devfs?
>
> troutmask:root[201] dump 3 /var
> DUMP: Date of this level 3 dump: Mon Mar 5 17:02:02 2001
> DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Tue Feb 27 07:01:08 2001
> DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1e (/var) to /d
What are the names of the tape devices under devfs?
troutmask:root[201] dump 3 /var
DUMP: Date of this level 3 dump: Mon Mar 5 17:02:02 2001
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Tue Feb 27 07:01:08 2001
DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1e (/var) to /dev/rsa0
DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
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