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
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Subject: Re: bin/49510: gpt(8) fails w/o drvctl and breaks sysinst
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:09:15 +0000 (UTC)

 kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost (Robert Elz) writes:
 
 >    Date:        Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:43:43 -0800
 >    From:        John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>
 >    Message-ID:  <201412291043.sBTAhhOA007511%server.CornerstoneService.ca@localhost>
 
 >  | Finding the last block of the disk would leave
 >  | you in the same place as gpt(8).
 
 >If
 >	lseek(disk_fd, (off_t)-BLOCKSZE, SEEK_END);
 
 >doesn't work to do that, then it (the drivers etc) should be fixed
 >so that it does.
 
 
 That's a specfs issue.
 
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