Module Name: src
Committed By: snj
Date: Sat Feb 6 15:56:01 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/common [netbsd-5-0]: main
Log Message:
Give device node examples.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.425.2.5.2.4 -r1.425.2.5.2.5 src/distrib/notes/common/main
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Index: src/distrib/notes/common/main
diff -u src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.425.2.5.2.4 src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.425.2.5.2.5
--- src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.425.2.5.2.4 Sat Feb 6 15:44:38 2010
+++ src/distrib/notes/common/main Sat Feb 6 15:56:01 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.425.2.5.2.4 2010/02/06 15:44:38 snj Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.425.2.5.2.5 2010/02/06 15:56:01 snj Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -2501,11 +2501,11 @@
.
.Ss2 "Known Problems"
.Pp
-Using block device nodes directly for I/O may cause a kernel
+Using block device nodes (e.g., wd0a) directly for I/O may cause a kernel
crash when the file system containing
.Pa /dev
is FFS and is mounted with -o log.
-Workaround: use raw disk devices, or remount the file system
+Workaround: use raw disk devices (e.g., rwd0a), or remount the file system
without -o log.
.Pp
Occassionally, gdb may cause a process that is being debugged to hang
