Index: geom_dev.c
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RCS file: /private/FreeBSD/src/sys/geom/geom_dev.c,v
retrieving revision 1.71
diff -u -p -r1.71 geom_dev.c
--- geom_dev.c	23 Jan 2004 20:36:21 -0000	1.71
+++ geom_dev.c	9 Feb 2004 02:39:40 -0000
@@ -242,10 +242,7 @@ g_dev_close(dev_t dev, int flags, int fm
 	e = 0;
 #endif
 	g_topology_lock();
-	if (dev->si_devsw == NULL)
-		error = ENXIO;		/* We were orphaned */
-	else
-		error = g_access_rel(cp, r, w, e);
+	error = g_access_rel(cp, r, w, e);
 	for (i = 0; i < 10 * hz;) {
 		if (cp->acr != 0 || cp->acw != 0)
 			break;