devfs(d) problem

From: Ingo Brueckl (ib_at_wupperonline.de)
Date: 10/05/03 

Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 13:46:00 +0200

I'm using devfs with devfsd for some time now, no problems. So far, I had
kernel 2.4.20 and devfsd 1.3.23.

After updating to kernel 2.4.22 and devfsd 1.3.25 there are problems with
some devices (like /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ppp) which won't automatically
register any more. I can't, for example, do 'ls' on them: no such file. After
loading modules "serial" and "ppp_generic" using 'modprobe', the devices show
up normally.

Any ideas?

This is from my modules.defvs, but as mentioned it worked until the update:

  # Serial ports
  alias /dev/tts* serial
  alias /dev/ttyS* serial
  alias /dev/cua* serial

  # PPP devices
  alias /dev/ppp* ppp_generic

Ingo

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