devfs patch v82 available

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 14:39:31 +1100


Hi, all. Version 82 of my devfs patch is now available from:
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
The devfs FAQ is also available here.

NOTE: it may not be obvious from my terse ChangeLog, but devfs now
supports automatic checking for partitions on removable media. This
means that after a media change, if you list the parent directory
which has the device with removable media, or you attempt to access a
partition which didn't exist before, a partition check is triggered
and the changed device nodes will magically appear.

This is against 2.1.132. Highlights of this release:

- Ported to kernel 2.1.132-pre4

- Changed initial permissions on /dev/pts/*

- Created <devfs_mk_compat>

- Added "symlinks" boot option

- Changed devfs_register_blkdev() back to register_blkdev() for IDE

- Check for partitions on removable media in <devfs_lookup>

Regards,

Richard....

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