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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.

  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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