From: Michael Renzmann <mrenzmann@web.de>
To: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3777] New: tun driver fails to open when built in, must be modular
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:27:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <419ED5CB.3080106@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041119150808.578154d3.akpm@osdl.org>
Hi.
Andrew Morton wrote:
> Problem Description: kernel will not assign/open a tun device when tun.o is
> compiled as a built-in. ifconfig gives 'unable to open /dev/net/tun' error.
> compiling as a module fixes.
If anyone can give me a small general hints for what might be the cause
of this problem, I could take a look at it. I already have some patches
for tun.o (that needs to be sent to the maintainer), another one doesn't
hurt :) But since I'm not yet too experienced with programming of kernel
modules, any help would be appreciated.
Bye, Mike
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-20 5:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-19 23:08 Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3777] New: tun driver fails to open when built in, must be modular Andrew Morton
2004-11-20 5:27 ` Michael Renzmann [this message]
2004-11-20 5:32 ` Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3777] New: tun driver fails to open whenbuilt " shemminger
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