diff -u devfsd-mdk/compat_name.c devfsd/compat_name.c
--- devfsd-mdk/compat_name.c	Thu Mar 21 21:02:57 2002
+++ devfsd/compat_name.c	Thu Mar 21 21:04:48 2002
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@
 		      get_old_ide_name (major, minor) );
 	    compat_name = buffer;
 	}
+	else if (strcmp (devname + namelen - 7, "generic") == 0)
+	{
+	    sprintf ( buffer, "hd%c",
+		      get_old_ide_name (major, minor) );
+	    compat_name = buffer;
+	}
 	return (compat_name);
     }
     else if ( (strncmp (devname, "ida/", 4) == 0) &&