Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-08 Thread David O'Brien
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:50:23PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current. The dump sources also refer to only the 'r' devices (_PATH_DEFTAPE is still "/dev/rsa0"). Fixed. :-)

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-08 Thread Matthew Jacob
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote: Matthew Jacob wrote: On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote: What are the names of the tape devices under devfs? Should dump(8) use /dev/sa0 for the rewind device and /dev/nsa0 for no rewind device? Should /etc/rc.devfs create

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-07 Thread Bruce Evans
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Christian Weisgerber wrote: Steve Kargl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current. The dump sources also refer to only the 'r' devices (_PATH_DEFTAPE is still

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-07 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Steve Kargl wrote: The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind. Nope. When this was discussed a while ago we got some authoritative information to the effect that "r" has always meant raw for tapes too. -- Daniel C. Sobral(8-DCS) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-06 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Steve Kargl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current. Then this should be fixed. The non-'r' device names have been standard in -CURRENT for quite some time. MAKEDEV only creates 'r'-names

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-06 Thread Steve Kargl
Christian Weisgerber wrote: Steve Kargl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas whoops rsa0 sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-06 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Steve Kargl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to rsa0 and nrsa0 whereas sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current. Then this should be fixed. But, what is the correct fix? Add symlink magic to rc.devfs? Change dump(8)? Yes, dump(8) and

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-06 Thread Steve Kargl
Christian Weisgerber wrote: Steve Kargl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't heard any screaming yet. Besides, this is -CURRENT. devfs has also abandoned symlinks for 'r' disk devices. The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind. The "r" in disk names (such as rda0) meant

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-06 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
Christian Weisgerber wrote: Steve Kargl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't heard any screaming yet. Besides, this is -CURRENT. devfs has also abandoned symlinks for 'r' disk devices. The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind. The "r" in disk names (such as

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-06 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Steve Kargl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind. No. We've been over this before. If you check the old 4.xBSD releases, the 'r' clearly means "raw device". Once upon a time there were tape block devices. The rewind and non-rewind tape

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-06 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:01:32PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: The rewind and non-rewind tape device names were changed under devfs from rsa0 and nrsa0 to sa0 and nsa0, (which IMHO violates POLA). They were changed in MAKEDEV long before that. MAKEDEV also provides 'r' names for

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-05 Thread Matthew Jacob
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote: What are the names of the tape devices under devfs? troutmask:root[201] dump 3 /var DUMP: Date of this level 3 dump: Mon Mar 5 17:02:02 2001 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Tue Feb 27 07:01:08 2001 DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1e (/var) to

Re: tape device names and devfs

2001-03-05 Thread Steve Kargl
Matthew Jacob wrote: On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote: What are the names of the tape devices under devfs? Should dump(8) use /dev/sa0 for the rewind device and /dev/nsa0 for no rewind device? Should /etc/rc.devfs create symlinks from rsa0 and nrsa0 for backwards