mcm@rti.UUCP (Mike Mitchell) (10/09/87)
Howie Kaye (howie@columbia.edu, rutgers!columbia!howie) writes: >We have had a problem where the major and minor device numbers of >various devices have been changing to 0 (a scary bug, since it >modifying the file system). We set up a program, and a list of >devices for it to watch. >Maybe if a bunch of us can report the symptoms to DEC, then they will >be able to figure something out faster. Below is a shar file with the >programs we have set up. If you have problems with them, please let >me know. During the port of our FREEDOMNET distributed computing system to Ultrix 2.0 last April, we encountered this bug and developed a patch to the Ultrix kernel binary using adb. We communicated the bug and patch to our local salesperson via an SPR, and later hand delivered it to members of the Ultrix Development Group while at a seminar at DEC headquarters in May. Evidently it still got lost. I mentioned to Art Zemon that we had a patch for the bug, and he had Bill Dallas of Ultrix Support give us a call. Today (10/7) we sent DEC a small program which demonstrates the bug, and our patches to fix the bug. We hope this will help DEC resolve this troublesome problem. Mike Mitchell Research Triangle Institute mcm@rti.rti.org Center for Digital Systems Research ...!decvax!mcnc!rti!mcm -- Mike Mitchell {decvax,seismo,ihnp4,philabs}!mcnc!rti!mcm mcm@rti.rti.org "There's laughter where I used to see a tear. w (919) 541-6098 It's all done with mirrors, have no fear." h (919) 361-2048