Subject: re: workaround for FreeBSD binary that hardcodes a device major (was: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/conf)
To: Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu@netbsd.org>
From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: source-changes
Date: 09/24/2006 15:13:31
[About http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2006/09/23/0110.html]
> This would seem to break all kernel configs that don't have a twa
> device. At least for evbppc/WALNUT I get:
>
> # link WALNUT/netbsd
> [ ... ]
> devsw.o:(.data+0x590): undefined reference to `twa_cdevsw'
I backed the change out to restore the build, but I wonder how this
should be fixed.
3ware's tw_cli is only available as a FreeBSD or Linux binary. The
FreeBSD version hardcodes the twa major at 187. There is the same
problem for twe at major 146. I see 3 options
1) Tag the major 187 as reserved in the MI range and only define it on
i386
2) Use a MD major for twa, and patch freebsd_sys_mknod() so that 187
gets translated into the right major
3) Use a MD major for twa, and patch the tw_cli binary so that the right
major gets used.
What's the best way?
since the hardcoded value is for freebsd, #2 seems the right place.
.mrg.