devfs patch v17 available

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:53:56 +1100


Hi, all. Version 17 of my devfs patch is now available from:
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/kernel-patches.html

This is against 2.1.82. Highlights of this release:

- added CONFIG_DEVFS_TTY_COMPAT
Thanks to C. Scott Ananian <cananian@alumni.princeton.edu>

- bugfix in devfs support for drivers/char/lp.c
Thanks to C. Scott Ananian <cananian@alumni.princeton.edu>

- cleans up serial driver so that PCMCIA devices unregister correctly
Thanks to C. Scott Ananian <cananian@alumni.princeton.edu>

- fixed bug in genhd.c: whole disc (non-SCSI) was not registered to
devfs [was missing in patch v16]

- updated libc 5.4.43 patch for ttyname() [was missing in patch v16]

- all SCSI devices now registered in /dev/sg

- support removal of devfs entries via unlink(2)

Regards,

Richard....