Subject: Re: /dev/random apparently not configured.
To: Barrie Bremner <netbsd@barriebremner.com>
From: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/06/2005 16:33:11
Here's a dumb question. Is it possible the MAKEDEV and kernel are out
of sync with respect to the major and minor numbers of the /dev/random
device? I believe you can see the numbers in the conf.c file in the build
directory of a configured kernel, before you compile it.
Just a thought.
-Brian
On Dec 6, 10:53pm, Barrie Bremner wrote:
} Subject: Re: /dev/random apparently not configured.
} >>>>> "Valeriy" == Valeriy E Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru> writes:
}
} Valeriy> On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 20:23:16 +0000, Barrie Bremner
} Valeriy> wrote:
} >> Unfortunately the creation of the MFS /dev fails, with a number
} >> of no space left of device and out of inode errors:
} >>
} >> warning: no /dev/console init: Creating mfs /dev (371 blocks,
} >> 896 inodes) uid 0, pid 1520, command mknod, on /dev: out of
} >> inodes
}
} Valeriy> This has been fixed (by creating a larger mfs) in 2.1,
} Valeriy> but not in 2.0.x.
}
} I've tried removing /dev/console from a netbsd-3.0_rc5 setup, and
} although the larger MFS /dev is created successfully, I'm still seeing
} the device not configured errors from /dev/random.
}
} Not too promising so far!
}
} --
} Barrie J. Bremner
} netbsd [at] barriebremner.com http://barriebremner.com/
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