[brandz-discuss] Exporting Devices Breaks devfsadmd

[Eric Enright]

On 11/9/06, Edward Pilatowicz <edward.pilatowicz at sun.com> wrote:
> and just to be clear.
> you were getting the mkdir devfsadmd errors below:
> - in the global zone.
> - and while the zone you exported the devices into was shutdown
>
> correct?

Correct.

Eric


> thanks
> ed
>
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:21:58PM -0500, Eric Enright wrote:
> > On 11/9/06, Edward Pilatowicz <edward.pilatowicz at sun.com> wrote:
> > >this seems broken.
> > >
> > >please file a bug at:
> > >        http://www.opensolaris.org/bug/report.jspa
> > >
> > >with the following Category/Subcategory:
> > >        kernel/devname
> >
> > Bug reported in the above category with the synopsis "exporting global
> > zone device to lx brand zone breaks devfsadmd".
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > >ed
> > >
> > >On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 06:54:13PM -0500, Eric Enright wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> A little while ago I played with getting my Linux zone directly
> > >> accessing the global zone's USB printer, which I was able to do by
> > >> editing the zone's xml config manually.  After booting the zone,
> > >> shutting it down, disconnecting the printer and then reattaching the
> > >> printer, I get this:
> > >>
> > >> genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci at 0,0/pci1179,1 at 1d,1/printer at 1
> > >> (usbprn0) online
> > >> devfsadmd[1124]: [ID 498820 daemon.error] mkdir failed for
> > >> /dev/printers 0x1ed: No such file or directory
> > >> devfsadmd[1124]: [ID 162798 daemon.error] cannot create link:
> > >> /dev/printers/0 ->
> > >> ../../devices/pci at 0,0/pci1179,1 at 1d,1/printer at 1:printer.  max attempts
> > >> exceeded
> > >>
> > >> eric at yamano:~ (21)# mkdir /dev/printers
> > >> mkdir: Failed to make directory "/dev/printers"; No such file or
> > >directory
> > >> eric at yamano:~ (22)# mkdir /dev/foo
> > >>
> > >> I can hotplug the device until my arm gets tired, but once that runs it
> > >> fails.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Eric
> > >>
> > >> PS: Yes, I know that is all unsupported, but it still doesn't seem right.
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> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Eric Enright
>


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Eric Enright