From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev /dev/net/tun bug
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 02:28:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040706022855.GA21653@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40EA08F5.1070303@ums.usu.ru>
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 08:05:41AM +0600, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> To reproduce:
>
> cd /etc/hotplug
> modprobe tun
> udevstart
>
> Result:
>
> The following synthetic "net" hotplug event is received:
No, it's a real event.
> DEVPATH=/class/misc/tun
> UDEV_NO_SLEEP=1
> ACTIONd
> PWD=/etc/hotplug
> DEVNAME=/dev/net/tun
> SHLVL=2
> INTERFACE=/dev/net/tun
> _=/usr/bin/env
> =======
>
> This event is bogus, because there is really no interface, but a
> character device /dev/net/tun is involved.
Exactly, that's why this event is important. Without it, udev would not
be able to create the character device.
What is the issue you are having with this?
thanks,
greg k-h
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-06 2:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-06 2:05 udev /dev/net/tun bug Alexander E. Patrakov
2004-07-06 2:28 ` Greg KH [this message]
2004-07-06 5:48 ` Kevin P. Fleming
2004-07-06 9:26 ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2004-07-09 17:47 ` Greg KH
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