Re: kern/41312: panic when /dev is missing

[Quentin Garnier <cube%cubidou.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/41312; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Quentin Garnier <cube%cubidou.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: jeb%jeb.com.fr@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/41312: panic when /dev is missing
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 01:21:32 +0200

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 On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:00:01PM +0000, jeb%jeb.com.fr@localhost wrote:
 > >Number:         41312
 > >Category:       kern
 > >Synopsis:       panic when /dev is missing
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       low
 > >Responsible:    kern-bug-people
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 30 23:00:01 +0000 2009
 > >Originator:     Jean-Edouard BABIN
 > >Release:        NetBSD 5.0 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Apr 26 18:50:08 UTC 2009
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > NetBSD boumbo.jeb-intra.net 5.0 NetBSD 5.0 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Apr 26 18:50=
 :08 UTC 2009  
builds%b6.netbsd.org@localhost:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-RELEASE/i386/=
 200904260229Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compi=
 le/GENERIC i386
 > >Description:
 > If you boot in read-only without /dev populated, instead of getting a mfs=
  /dev, you get a panic
 >=20
 > warning: no /dev/console
 > panic: init died (signal 0, exit 12)
 
 init still needs MAKEDEV to be in /dev, I think.
 
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