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Re: [Fwd: PATCH: modules.devfs scd fix]

To: Borsenkow Andrej <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: PATCH: modules.devfs scd fix]
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:08:14 -0700
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Borsenkow Andrej writes:
> To prove that it is needed:
> 
> {vc/1}:~%> ll /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target3/lun0/cd
> brw-------    1 bor      cdrom     11,   0 ñÎ×  1  1970
> /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target3/lun0/cd
> {vc/1}:~%> sudo rmmod ide-scsi
> {vc/1}:~%> ll /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target3/lun0/cd
> ls: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target3/lun0/cd: No such file or directory
> {vc/1}:~%> sudo mv /etc/modules.devfs /etc/modules.devfs.orig
> {vc/1}:~%> sudo mv /etc/modules.devfs.new /etc/modules.devfs
> {vc/1}:~%> ll /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target3/lun0/cd
> brw-------    1 bor      cdrom     11,   0 ñÎ×  1  1970
> /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target3/lun0/cd
> 
> regards
> 
> -andrej
> 
> 
> --- /etc/modules.devfs.orig   Sun Mar 17 21:38:23 2002
> +++ /etc/modules.devfs        Sun Mar 17 21:41:39 2002
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
>  # SCSI CD-ROMs
>  probeall  /dev/scd           scsi_hostadapter sr_mod
>  alias     /dev/scd*          /dev/scd
> -alias     /dev/scsi/*/cd     sr_mod
> +alias     /dev/scsi/*/cd     /dev/scd

OK, I've done this (except that I use the official /dev/sr name
instead of the renegade /dev/scd name).

BTW: your line:
probeall  /dev/scd              scsi_hostadapter sr_mod

is wrong in any case, because that line is supposed to be for the "new
compatibility" names (i.e. /dev/sr/c0b0t6u0) that devfsd creates. So
you've broken autoloading using the new compatibility names.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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