Subject: bin/14086: "mlxctl -a status" dumps core
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/28/2001 12:43:59
>Number:         14086
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       "mlxctl -a status" dumps core
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 28 04:45:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ben Harris
>Release:        20010827 binary snapshot
>Organization:
University of Cambridge Computing Service
>Environment:
System: NetBSD balrog 1.5X NetBSD 1.5X (GENERIC) #0: Tue Aug 28 06:33:30 PDT 2001
chs@pc:/usr/chs/netbsd/obj/usr/chs/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386

>Description:
According to mlxctl(8), "mlxctl -a status" should list the status of all
drives on an mlx controller, however:

balrog:/tmp# mlxctl -a status
Bus error (core dumped)

>How-To-Repeat:
balrog:/tmp# mlxctl -a status
Bus error (core dumped)

This doesn't seem to require an mlx device to be configured:
balrog:/tmp# mlxctl -f /dev/mlx1 -a status
Bus error (core dumped)

(my system only has mlx0)

>Fix:


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