NetBSD Problem Report #32916

From thorpej@shagadelic.org  Thu Feb 23 17:36:21 2006
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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:36:21 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: arc device_register() abuses dv_unit
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>Number:         32916
>Category:       port-arc
>Synopsis:       arc device_register() abuses dv_unit
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-arc-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 23 17:40:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     Jason R Thorpe
>Release:        NetBSD-current 20060223
>Organization:
        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
>Environment:
>Description:
	The arc port's device_register() abuses dv_unit to match the
	scsibus instance during boot device detection.  The problem is
	that there is no way to guarantee that ARCBIOS's unit number
	corresponds to NetBSD's unit number.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Code inspection.
>Fix:

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