If devfs is not configured, devfs_mk_cdev returns 0.
The ppp_generic-Driver reports a bogus Warning in this case.
Fix below.
Regards,
Norbert
--- ppp_generic.c.orig 2003-05-09 09:16:56.%N +0200
+++ ppp_generic.c 2003-05-09 10:09:19.%N +0200
@@ -784,10 +784,13 @@ int __init ppp_init(void)
printk(KERN_INFO "PPP generic driver version " PPP_VERSION "\n");
err = register_chrdev(PPP_MAJOR, "ppp", &ppp_device_fops);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEVFS_FS
if (!err) {
err = devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0),
S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR, "ppp");
}
+#endif
if (!err)
printk(KERN_ERR "failed to register PPP device (%d)\n", err);
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