Re: cpuid/msr don't create /dev/cpu/0/stuff

[Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Duncan Sands writes:
> Hi, I'm using the 2.4.0 kernel with devfs.  I compiled in
> cpuid and msr.  I expected /dev/cpu/0/cpuid and 
> /dev/cpu/0/msr to be created automagically, but they are 
> not.  (This causes the powertweak daemon to spew out many 
> error messages at boot time because it tries to read from 
> /dev/cpu/0/cpuid, which is what got me looking into this).
> I don't know if this is a problem with cpuid/msr, devfs or
> my expectations.  Any ideas?

Check the sources for these drivers. I bet they don't make calls to
devfs_register(). Add them and send a patch to HPA.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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