Hi, all. Version 177 of my devfs patch is now available from:
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
The devfs FAQ is also available here.
Patch directly available from:
ftp://ftp.??.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rgooch/v2.4/devfs-patch-current.gz
AND:
ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/rgooch/linux/kernel-patches/v2.4/devfs-patch-current.gz
This is against 2.4.5. Highlights of this release:
- Updated README from master HTML file
- Documentation cleanups
- Ensure <devfs_generate_path> terminates string for root entry
Thanks to Tim Jansen <tim@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Exported <devfs_get_name> to modules
- Make <devfs_mk_symlink> send events to devfsd
- Cleaned up option processing in <devfs_setup>
- Fixed bugs in handling symlinks: could leak or cause Oops
- Cleaned up directory handling by separating fops
Thanks to Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Regards,
Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Current: rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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