Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 May 2010 20:50:39 +0400 | From | Michael Tokarev <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix name of Xen event-channel device |
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Bastian Blank wrote: > The Xen event-channel device is named evtchn in the kernel but always > used as /dev/xen/evtchn in userspace. This patch fixes the name. > > Signed-off-by: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c > index 66e185c..89cd743 100644 > --- a/drivers/xen/evtchn.c > +++ b/drivers/xen/evtchn.c > @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static const struct file_operations evtchn_fops = { > > static struct miscdevice evtchn_miscdev = { > .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR, > - .name = "evtchn", > + .name = "xen/evtchn",
Um. Will existing userspace - esp. udev rules - continue to work after this change? Also, how about other xen-related devices which are moved to /dev/xen in that same udev rules?
Thanks!
/mjt
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