Re: [PATCH] device file support for /proc filesystem

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:53:00 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:

> Nothing. Kernels from 2.3.27 are not supported yet. The new /proc code is
> not able to create devices inside /proc directory :-((
>
> It would be good to include the following patch (or similar) into kernel.
> Please, let me know, if someone will do it, because I'm not checking 2.3
> kernel changes every day.

Patch is more or less OK, except that it should really use
init_special_inode() (you forgot to set inode->i_op). I have an equivalent
queued, it's waiting for Linus coming back.

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