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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2004 comp.os.386bsd.questions:7807 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.0.2 with NFS-mounted /usr - strange fsck problem Date: 9 Jan 1994 20:27:02 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2gppam$fg@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2g0ptu$j72@solaria.mil.wi.us> <2g5q8d$kub@fleis.moneng.mei.com> <2g6mhh$ibo@fw.novatel.ca> <2gl35oINNgf@godzilla.zeta.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <2gl35oINNgf@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, Bruce Evans <bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au> wrote: >In article <2g6mhh$ibo@fw.novatel.ca>, Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@sidney> wrote: >>Joe Greco (jgreco@fleis.moneng.mei.com) wrote: >>: some other playing. Changing the fsck -p to a plain fsck works, but has >>: obvious disadvantages on a system that should run unattended. It seems like >>: it is hanging when it forks off the fsck for wd0e. >> >>The is the exact description of one of the original race conditions in the >>wd driver. To my knowledge; this bug has never been fixed in any of the >>wd/wx drivers for all controllers... Note; I said "to my knowledge" so I >>could be wrong. > >It is fixed in the wx driver. I didn't comment on this since I wasn't sure, but since Bruce wrote this I will also mention the fact the the above 'wx' driver is now the stock wd driver in FreeBSD-current and will be the default wd driver in FreeBSD-1.1. The new driver has many new fixes above and beyond the fixes described above, so if anyone is having lots of problems with the FreeBSD driver on their machine, consider upgrading to FreeBSD-current. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me