--- zpool_vdev.c.orig	2010-04-03 19:57:46.529566306 +0200
+++ zpool_vdev.c	2010-04-03 19:59:50.906582100 +0200
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
 		 * examining the file descriptor afterwards.
 		 */
 		wholedisk = is_whole_disk(arg);
-		if (!wholedisk && (stat64(arg, &statbuf) != 0)) {
+		if (stat64(arg, &statbuf) != 0) {
 			(void) fprintf(stderr,
 			    gettext("cannot open '%s': %s\n"),
 			    arg, strerror(errno));
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 		(void) snprintf(path, sizeof (path), "%s/%s", DISK_ROOT,
 		    arg);
 		wholedisk = is_whole_disk(path);
-		if (!wholedisk && (stat64(path, &statbuf) != 0)) {
+		if (stat64(path, &statbuf) != 0) {
 			/*
 			 * If we got ENOENT, then the user gave us
 			 * gibberish, so try to direct them with a