On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :> Cripes! Now that is really annoying. da0a is 4,0 and da1a is 4,8. > : > :Use devfs (it doesn't require major/minor numbers). > : > : Terry Lambert > : te...@lambert.org > > We can't use devfs for this, the partition id is already embedded in the > dev_t and it has to stay that way to remain compatible with the > preexisting partition space. A true devfs implementation (such as was deleted by Vikings inc.) can allocate the minor numbers arbitrarily. They are simply cookies and have no embedded meaning.. SLICE started with 0 for the first disk-like object found and incemented each time it found another. I'm very close to having it all working again.. > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <dil...@backplane.com> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
