>
> I have been searching for more info on devfs and raw devices and would
> appreciate a few pointers.
>
> Running devfsd 1.3.25 on 2.4.9 and 2.4.18 kernels does not create
> /dev/rawctl
> or associated /dev/raw devices, but raw devices work fine if the
device
> nodes
> are manually created.
>
> Additionally, drivers/char/raw.c does not implement any defvs_*()
calls for
> creating/deleting the device nodes.
>
> Is there any plan to support raw devices with devfs?
>
several patches has been posted to lkml; one of them is integrated in
current Mandrake kernel (8.2 and above).
Try to contact raw maintainer/Marcelo/Alan asking for including this
patch in mainstream.
-andrej
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