From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263826AbTDUMGr (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:06:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263827AbTDUMGr (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:06:47 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([212.34.181.86]:37646 "EHLO verein.lst.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263826AbTDUMGq (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:06:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:18:45 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Oleg Drokin Cc: hch@lst.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: "[PATCH] devfs: switch over ubd to ->devfs_name" breaks ubd/sysfs Message-ID: <20030421141845.A25822@lst.de> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Oleg Drokin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net References: <20030421155530.A7544@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030421155530.A7544@namesys.com>; from green@namesys.com on Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 03:55:30PM +0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 03:55:30PM +0400, Oleg Drokin wrote: > Hello! > > The "[PATCH] devfs: switch over ubd to ->devfs_name" patch that was included into 2.5.68, > have broken UML's ubd/sysfs interaction. > Sysfs is very upset when something tries to register several devices with > same name, so I was forced to use following patch. > If this is wrong, then please explain to me why, and suggest the correct way of handling > this situation. Patch looks okay to me. But I'm still a bit confused about all that fake_major stuff. Someone care to explain it?