Re: bin/49510: gpt(8) fails w/o drvctl and breaks sysinst

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

The following reply was made to PR bin/49510; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/49510: gpt(8) fails w/o drvctl and breaks sysinst
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:08:58 +0000 (UTC)

 martin%NetBSD.org@localhost writes:
 
 >but on kernels which do not have pseudo-device drvctl this fails in very
 >unintuitive ways:
 
 >gpt: drvctl: /dev/drvctl: Device not configured
 >gpt: unable to open device 'rsd1c': Device not configured
 
 We could also make drvctl mandatory or define ioctls that return
 disk geometry without being limited to 32bit numbers.