Re: ioconf problem with config

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2016, Masao Uebayashi wrote:

> At a glance, getdevi() can't return pseudo devices.  You have to
> refactor `delpseudo()' to have `getpseudo()', then try it from
> `addpseudoroot()'.  I'm not sure what will happen after that.
>
> (These two different meanings of "pseudo" are confusing.)

It turns out that I simply have to use

	pseudo-device ataraid

	ld* at ataraid?

No need to use pseudo-root at all!


> On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> wrote:
> > I'm working on modularizing the ld(4) driver and all of its several
> > attachments, and I've run into a problem with config(1) and ataraid.
> >
> > My ataraid.ioconf file looks like this:
> >
> >         #       $NetBSD$
> >
> >         ioconf ld_ataraid
> >
> >         include "conf/files"
> >         include "dev/ata/files.ata"
> >
> >         pseudo-root ataraid*
> >
> >         ld* at ataraid? vendtype ? unit ?
> >
> >
> > And I'm getting the following errors from nbconfig (manually wrapped and
> > indented for readability):
> >
> >         /build/netbsd-local/tools/x86_64/amd64/bin/nbconfig  \
> >                 -b /build/netbsd-local/obj/amd64/sys/modules/ld_ataraid \
> >                 -s /build/netbsd-local/src/sys \
> >
> > /build/netbsd-local/src/sys/modules/ld_ataraid/ld_ataraid.ioconf
> >         /build/netbsd-local/src/sys/modules/ld_ataraid/ld_ataraid.ioconf:8:
> > \
> >                 ataraid*: ataraid is a pseudo-device
> >         /build/netbsd-local/tools/x86_64/amd64/bin/nbconfig: panic: device \
> >                 `ataraid*' expected to be present
> >         *** [ioconf.c] Error code 2
> >
> >
> > Under normal (non-MODULE) conditions, config doesn't complain about ataraid
> > being a pseudo-device instead of a "real" device, but it seems not to be
> > valid for ioconf processing?
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
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