re: misc/42849: MAKEDEV doesn't create all of cd[01][a-h]

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/42849; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, darran%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: re: misc/42849: MAKEDEV doesn't create all of cd[01][a-h]
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:31:28 +1000

 > The following reply was made to PR kern/42849; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: misc/42849: MAKEDEV doesn't create all of cd[01][a-h]
 > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:56:57 +0000
 > 
 >   > When mscdlabel(8) was introduced two years ago, cd device partitions
 >   > other than a and [cd] became useful; however, no support was added to
 >   > MAKEDEV to create the corresponding devices.
 >  
 >  Does anyone know how/if this interacts with wedges?
 
 i'm not sure about that, but i've had this problem on port-sparc* when
 dealing with sun labels and a hacked cd.c that read the sunlabel and
 populated it.  then i had to mknod my own devices...
 
 i don't think wedges interact with cds at all yet, do they?
 
 
 .mrg.