Hi, I have written this patch so that /dev/raw now appears in a devfs filesystem. I haven't tried to support the /dev/rawN devices because I'm not sure that it would be worthwhile. (Seeing as you need to bind them by hand manually anyway.) Cheers, Chris --- linux-2.4.5/drivers/char/raw.c.orig Sat May 26 11:58:45 2001 +++ linux-2.4.5/drivers/char/raw.c Sat Jun 16 20:54:10 2001 @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ #include <linux/raw.h> #include <linux/capability.h> #include <linux/smp_lock.h> +#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #define dprintk(x...) @@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ } raw_device_data_t; static raw_device_data_t raw_devices[256]; +static const char RAW_DEVICE_NAME[] = "raw"; static ssize_t rw_raw_dev(int rw, struct file *, char *, size_t, loff_t *); @@ -53,7 +55,11 @@ static int __init raw_init(void) { int i; - register_chrdev(RAW_MAJOR, "raw", &raw_fops); + devfs_register_chrdev(RAW_MAJOR, RAW_DEVICE_NAME, &raw_fops); + devfs_register(NULL, RAW_DEVICE_NAME, DEVFS_FL_DEFAULT, + RAW_MAJOR, 0, + S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, + &raw_fops, NULL); for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) init_MUTEX(&raw_devices[i].mutex); --AA136AFB19.993012573/zappa.oak.suse.com-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/