[BUG 2.5.67 (and probably earlier)] /proc/dev/net doesnt show all net devices

From: Christian Bornträger (linux@borntraeger.net)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 07:34:18 EST


Summary: /proc/net/devices doesnt show all devices using cat. With dd all are
available.

I tested a kernels prior to
http://linus.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@1.797.156.3
and it doesnt seem to have this problem.

If I do a
& cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
 face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes
packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
    lo: 784 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 784
dummy0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 tunl0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  gre0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  sit0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  eth0: 1078024 19131 0 0 0 0 0 0 5696472
  eth1:536253967 10078459 0 0 0 0 0 0 3372254868

I get net devices till eth1, but eth2 and hsi0 are available nevertheless.
but if I do a

& dd if=/proc/net/dev bs=4096
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
 face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes
packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
    lo: 1036 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1036
dummy0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 tunl0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  gre0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  sit0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  eth0: 1182386 18424 0 0 0 0 0 0 11838659
  eth1:30499791987 20594094 0 0 0 0 0 0
  eth2:184353121774 125264473 0 0 0 0 0 0
  hsi0:123569282529 3827611 0 0 0 0 0 0
0+1 records in
0+1 records out

All net devices are shown.

cheers

Christian
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