Re: device.hints isn't setting what I want
On 01/22/10 08:57, Freddie Cash wrote: Just as a side note: does mergemaster or installworld handle the installation of /boot/device.hints? Easy way to answer this category of questions. Do 'mergemaster -v', then when you get to the prompt for, "*** The following files exist only in the installed ..." hit ^C, then go look at the created temproot directory. If the file is in there, mergemaster will deal with it for you. If it's not there, mergemaster has no knowledge of it. hth, Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover!http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: device.hints isn't setting what I want
Just as a side note: does mergemaster or installworld handle the installation of /boot/device.hints? If it's mergemaster, then everything is fine, it'll detect your changes. If it's installworld, you'll lose your changes at the next update. Either way, I find it nicer/simpler to use /boot/loader.conf for this, as nothing in the build/update process touches it, and it keeps all boot/kernel options in one file. And, it overrides any settings in device.hints. -- Freddie Cash fjwc...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: device.hints isn't setting what I want
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:01:02AM +0100, Greg Byshenk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 08:23:23PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > First, see also my post: do I want ch0 or pass1? > > > > I have an external tape library and an external tape drive. They are > > not always powered up. My goal: always get the same devices regardless > > of whether or not the tape library is powered on at boot. > > > > After booting, with the tape library powered on, I have these devices: > > > > # camcontrol devlist > > at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (sa0,pass0) > > at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (ch0,pass1) > > at scbus1 target 5 lun 0 (sa1,pass2) > > at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass3) > > at scbus5 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass4) > > > > In /boot/devices, I have added these entries: > > > > hint.scbus.1.at="ahc0" > > hint.scbus.0.at="ahc1" > > hint.scbus.2.at="acd0" > > hint.scbus.5.at="umass0" > > I think that this is wrong. > > I had a similar issue (multiple tape drives and changer devices that > needed to stay at the same ids). > > Your device.hints entries should look something like this: > >hint.sa.0.at="scbus0" >hint.sa.0.target="5" >hint.sa.0.unit="0" >hint.sa.1.at="scbus0" >hint.sa.1.target="3" >hint.sa.1.unit="0" >hint.sa.2.at="scbus0" >hint.sa.2.target="1" >hint.sa.2.unit="0" >hint.ch.0.at="scbus0" >hint.ch.0.target="4" >hint.ch.0.unit="0" >hint.ch.1.at="scbus0" >hint.ch.1.target="2" >hint.ch.1.unit="0" >hint.ch.2.at="scbus0" >hint.ch.2.target="0" >hint.ch.2.unit="0" > > Which I use to get this: > ># camcontrol devlist >at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,ch2) > at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (sa2,pass1) >at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (pass2,ch1) > at scbus0 target 3 lun 0 (sa1,pass3) ># > > (Currently the first changer is not powered up.) > > > So I think that what you want is something like: > >hint.sa.0.at="scbus0" >hint.sa.0.target="5" >hint.sa.0.unit="0" >hint.sa.1.at="scbus1" >hint.sa.1.target="5" >hint.sa.1.unit="0" >hint.ch.0.at="scbus1" >hint.ch.0.target="0" >hint.ch.0.unit="0" >[...] Just saw your second message. I don't know if you can wire down 'pass?' the same way, but if you can, I would assume that you need to set it the same way as the 'sa?' and other devices. That is, if you want: > > at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (sa0,pass0) Then the device.hints entry would look like: hint.pass.0.at="scbus0" hint.pass.0.target="5" hint.pass.0.unit="0" (If you can do that.) -greg -- greg byshenk - gbysh...@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: device.hints isn't setting what I want
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 08:23:23PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > First, see also my post: do I want ch0 or pass1? > > I have an external tape library and an external tape drive. They are > not always powered up. My goal: always get the same devices regardless > of whether or not the tape library is powered on at boot. > > After booting, with the tape library powered on, I have these devices: > > # camcontrol devlist > at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (sa0,pass0) > at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (ch0,pass1) > at scbus1 target 5 lun 0 (sa1,pass2) > at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass3) > at scbus5 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass4) > > In /boot/devices, I have added these entries: > > hint.scbus.1.at="ahc0" > hint.scbus.0.at="ahc1" > hint.scbus.2.at="acd0" > hint.scbus.5.at="umass0" I think that this is wrong. I had a similar issue (multiple tape drives and changer devices that needed to stay at the same ids). Your device.hints entries should look something like this: hint.sa.0.at="scbus0" hint.sa.0.target="5" hint.sa.0.unit="0" hint.sa.1.at="scbus0" hint.sa.1.target="3" hint.sa.1.unit="0" hint.sa.2.at="scbus0" hint.sa.2.target="1" hint.sa.2.unit="0" hint.ch.0.at="scbus0" hint.ch.0.target="4" hint.ch.0.unit="0" hint.ch.1.at="scbus0" hint.ch.1.target="2" hint.ch.1.unit="0" hint.ch.2.at="scbus0" hint.ch.2.target="0" hint.ch.2.unit="0" Which I use to get this: # camcontrol devlist at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,ch2) at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (sa2,pass1) at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (pass2,ch1) at scbus0 target 3 lun 0 (sa1,pass3) # (Currently the first changer is not powered up.) So I think that what you want is something like: hint.sa.0.at="scbus0" hint.sa.0.target="5" hint.sa.0.unit="0" hint.sa.1.at="scbus1" hint.sa.1.target="5" hint.sa.1.unit="0" hint.ch.0.at="scbus1" hint.ch.0.target="0" hint.ch.0.unit="0" [...] -- greg byshenk - gbysh...@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
device.hints isn't setting what I want
Folks, [please CC me on replies] First, see also my post: do I want ch0 or pass1? I have an external tape library and an external tape drive. They are not always powered up. My goal: always get the same devices regardless of whether or not the tape library is powered on at boot. After booting, with the tape library powered on, I have these devices: # camcontrol devlist at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (sa0,pass0) at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (ch0,pass1) at scbus1 target 5 lun 0 (sa1,pass2) at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass3) at scbus5 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass4) In /boot/devices, I have added these entries: hint.scbus.1.at="ahc0" hint.scbus.0.at="ahc1" hint.scbus.2.at="acd0" hint.scbus.5.at="umass0" The first two lines ensure I always get the QUANTUM drive at sa0, and the DEC at sa1. That part works. The second two lines aren't doing as expected. If the external tape library is not powered up, I get: # camcontrol devlist at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (sa0,pass0) at scbus3 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass1) at scbus7 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass2) Then, after powering up, and doing a rescan all, I get: # camcontrol devlist at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (sa0,pass0) at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass3,ch0) at scbus1 target 5 lun 0 (pass4,sa1) at scbus3 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass1) at scbus7 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass2) So... I could keep the unit powered on all the time, but that's really not what I want to do. Clues please? Full dmesg output at http://www.langille.org/tmp/dmesg.boot ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
