From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10380] New: sc92031 does not create a device link in sysfs Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:14:35 -0700 Message-ID: <20080402091435.39f99428.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, Cesar Eduardo Barros , tom@sharkbay.at To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:41743 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756219AbYDBQPX (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:15:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:30:35 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10380 > > Summary: sc92031 does not create a device link in sysfs > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.24 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Network > AssignedTo: jgarzik@pobox.com > ReportedBy: tom@sharkbay.at > > > Latest working kernel version: > Earliest failing kernel version: > Distribution: Gentoo > Hardware Environment: x86, x86_64 > Software Environment: > Problem Description: > there is no 'device' link created for the sc92031 nic in sysfs under its > respective directory '/sys/class/net/eth?' thus making it impossible to search > up the device tree using udev. > In my special case, persistent udev net rules cannot be generated by the > respective gentoo udev script due to its dependency upon the udev 'DEVICES' key > which cannot be determined because of the impossibility to search up the tree. > Steps to reproduce: > 1) install silan sc92031 (or realtek 8139D) nic in your pc > 2) recompile and install kernel 2.6.24 (sysfs enabled) with sc92031 driver > either in-kernel or as a module > 3) reboot or load sc92031 module > 4) make sure sysfs is mounted on /sys > 5) look into the respective '/sys/class/net/eth?' directory >