Rewrite of ofpath

[Rick Thomas]

Apparently attaching the updated "ybin" script caused this email to go 
over a size limit, and it's awaiting moderator approval.

If you want to take a look at the code before the moderator gets around 
to giving the OK, send me email offline.

Thanks!

Rick

Rick Thomas wrote:
> Thanks Joseph!
>
> Combining this with my patches to ybin, me may have the problem under 
> control.
>
> I'd appreciate it very much if someone could apply the same level of 
> scrutiny to my ybin patches (copy attached) as to Josheph's ofpath 
> patches and let me know what needs to be done to get them up to 
> production quality.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rick
>
> On Sep 16, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The new macio pata drivers do not make an entry in /proc/scsi like other
>> scsi devices and as a result, ofpath screws up pretty badly when trying
>> to figure out the open firmware path for these devices. Other pata
>> drivers are probably also hit with the same issue, but this is all I've
>> got to test on at the moment.
>>
>> In any case, I've rewritten ofpath to take this into account and clean
>> up some of the cruft from the old version. I've only tested it on a
>> Powerbook G4 and a Quad G5, so I don't expect it'll work for everyone,
>> but I'd appreciate feedback either way.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Joe
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