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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 20:17:33 +0100
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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To: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
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Subject: Re: devfs unable to handle permission: 2.4.17-pre[4,5] 
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Hi,

Richard Gooch wrote:

> Well, no, it was never a valid option. It was always a bug. In any
> case, the stricter behaviour isn't preventing people from using their
> drivers, it's just issuing a warning. The user-space created device
> node still works.

But the driver doesn't. You changed the driver API in subtle way! You
cannot change the behaviour of devfs_register during 2.4. Do whatever
you want in 2.5, but drivers depend on the current behaviour and devfs
has to be fixed not these drivers.

bye, Roman
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