Re: "[PATCH] devfs: switch over ubd to ->devfs_name" breaks ubd/sysfs

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 03:55:30PM +0400, Oleg Drokin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
>    The "[PATCH] devfs: switch over ubd to ->devfs_name" patch that was included into 2.5.68,
>    have broken UML's ubd/sysfs interaction.
>    Sysfs is very upset when something tries to register several devices with 
>    same name, so I was forced to use following patch.
>    If this is wrong, then please explain to me why, and suggest the correct way of handling
>    this situation.

Patch looks okay to me.  But I'm still a bit confused about all
that fake_major stuff.  Someone care to explain it?