Subject: misc/10123: many MAKEDEVs do not create wsmux
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@smaug.fh-regensburg.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/15/2000 13:04:10
>Number: 10123
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: many MAKEDEVs do not create wsmux
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon May 15 13:05:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Hubert Feyrer
>Release: 20000514
>Organization:
Hubert Feyrer <hubertf@channel.regensburg.org>
>Environment:
System: NetBSD smaug 1.4.2A NetBSD 1.4.2A (SMAUG) #10: Thu Mar 30 15:05:16 MEST 2000 feyrer@smaug:/disk1/cvs/src-1.4/sys/arch/sparc/compile/SMAUG sparc
>Description:
it seems the alpha, arc, arm26, arm32, bebox, i386, macppc, next68k
and prep MAKEDEV scripts (src/etc/etc.*/MAKEDEV) do not generate
a wsmux device, even though they have a "target" for it:
wsmux|wsmouse|wskbd)
rm -f wsmouse wskbd
mknod wsmouse c 65 0
mknod wskbd c 65 1
chown root.wheel wsmouse wskbd
chmod 600 wsmouse wskbd
;;
This just creates wsmouse and wskbd over and over again (for each
call of wsmouse0-3, wskbd0-3 and wsmux), which doesn't make much
sense either.
>How-To-Repeat:
cp /usr/cvs/src-current/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV /dev
cd /dev
sh MAKEDEV all
ls -la wsmux*
>Fix:
Copy the wsmouse, wskbd and wsmux rules from
src/etc/etc.hpcmips/MAKEDEV, that one looks ok.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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