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authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2021-02-22 19:58:43 +0000
committerDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2021-02-22 19:58:43 +0000
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sg_pt_freebsd: allow device names without leading /dev/ , fix for regression introduced in rev 731 (ver: 1.43)
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@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ corresponding pass\-through device name of the form /dev/pass<num>
where <num> is an integer starting at zero. The "camcontrol devlist"
command may be useful for finding out which SCSI device names are
available and the correspondence between class and pass\-through names.
+.PP
+FreeBSD allows device names to be given without the leading "/dev/" (e.g.
+da0 instead of /dev/da0). That worked in this package up until version
+1.43 when the unadorned device name (e.g. "da0") gave an error. The
+original action (i.e. allowing unadorned device names) has been restored
+in version 1.46 . Also note that symlinks (to device names) are followed
+before prepending "/dev/" if the resultant name doesn't start with a "/".
.SH SOLARIS DEVICE NAMING
SCSI device names below the /dev directory have a form like: c5t4d3s2
where the number following "c" is the controller (HBA) number, the number