From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming@backtobasicsmgmt.com>
To: Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.3] Sysfs breakage - tun.ko
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:20:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40439B03.4000505@backtobasicsmgmt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4043938C.9090504@lbsd.net>
Nigel Kukard wrote:
> --- drivers/net/tun.c.old 2004-02-27 18:18:55.000000000 +0200
> +++ drivers/net/tun.c 2004-02-27 18:19:02.000000000 +0200
> @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
>
> static struct miscdevice tun_miscdev = {
> .minor = TUN_MINOR,
> - .name = "net/tun",
> + .name = "tun",
> .fops = &tun_fops
> };
This changed back and forth since the tun driver was added to the
kernel; making this change will cause the devfs path to the tun node to
change, and userspace applications expect it to be at /dev/misc/net/tun,
whether that's right or wrong.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-01 20:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-01 19:48 [2.6.3] Sysfs breakage - tun.ko Nigel Kukard
2004-03-01 20:20 ` Kevin P. Fleming [this message]
2004-03-01 20:24 ` Nigel Kukard
2004-03-01 20:47 ` Chris Wright
2004-03-01 21:08 ` Kevin P. Fleming
2004-03-02 0:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-03-02 6:02 ` Nigel Kukard
2004-03-03 2:28 ` Chris Wright
2004-03-04 5:25 ` Nigel Kukard
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