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RE: devfs and raw devices

To: wns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: devfs and raw devices
From: Borsenkow Andrej <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:00:13 +0400
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In-reply-to: <200205151646.35083.wns@slc.unisys.com>
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> 
> 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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