Re: mkfs.xfs says "can't determine device size"

[Alvaro Figueroa <fede2@fuerzag.ulatina.ac.cr>]

> > Any chance strace exists for sparc64, could you run strace -s on the
> > mkfs.xfs process.
> 
> I mean strace -v
> 

Short version.

ustat(0x851, 0xefffe3b8)                = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
open("/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target8/lun0/part1", O_RDONLY|0x40000) = 3
SYS_139()                               = 0
SYS_139()                               = 0
ustat(0x851, 0xefffe3b8)                = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
open("/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target8/lun0/part1", O_RDWR|0x40000) = 4
SYS_139()                               = 0
ioctl(4, 0x80041271, 0xefffe364)        = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
write(2, "mkfs.xfs: warning - cannot set b"..., 115mkfs.xfs: warning -
cannot set blocksize on block device
/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target8/lun0/part1: Invalid argument
) = 115
SYS_139()                               = 0
open("/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target8/lun0/part1", O_RDONLY|0x40000) = 5
ioctl(5, 0x40041272, 0xefffe360)        = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
write(2, "mkfs.xfs: can\'t determine device"..., 38mkfs.xfs: can't
determine device size
) = 38
exit(1)                                 = ?

Not-so-short version
http://fuerzag.ulatina.ac.cr/~fede2/XFS,%20mkfs%20strace%20log.txt

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Alvaro Figueroa