Subject: Re: NetBSD-VAX tape non-rewinding funzies
To: None <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/07/2000 15:25:54
At 12:08 AM 11/8/2000 +0100, jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
>On  7 Nov, Matt Thomas wrote:
>
> > There was a buggy MAKEDEV but i fixed it months ago.  I have a
> > client uses 9inch scsi tape (and a DLT) and found/fixed that
> > a while ago.
>But it seems not to be correct at all. Perhaps a new bug. The device
>nodes on this machine are created my "MAKEDEV all". So everything
>should be fine. But
>/dev/nrst0 == /dev/rst4
>/dev/nrst1 == /dev/rst5
>/dev/nrst8 == /dev/rst12
>/dev/nrst9 == /dev/rst13
>can not be correct. And:

Doesn't happen for me.  Maybe you should nuke all your st devices
and remake them?

>[root@Zimbo dev]$ ./MAKEDEV 
>cd2
>[root@Zimbo dev]$ l *cd2*
>brw-r-----  1 root  operator  22, 16 Nov  7 23:51 cd2a
>brw-r-----  1 root  operator  22, 19 Nov  7 23:51 cd2d
>crw-r-----  1 root  operator  61, 16 Nov  7 23:51 rcd2a
>crw-r-----  1 root  operator  61, 19 Nov  7 23:51 rcd2d
>[root@Zimbo dev]$ uname -a
>NetBSD Zimbo 1.5_ALPHA2 NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA2 (GENERIC) #3: Wed Sep 27 
>03:06:11 CEST 
>2000     root@zimbo:/usr/src/NetBSD/work/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC vax
>---
>cd2_d_ is a i386-ism.
>--

yes it is.
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