Patch for mdev (fwd)

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Wednesday 07 May 2008 15:01, Andrej Gelenberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in new kernel 2.6.25 block devices are in /sys/class/block too. It makeed me 
> trouble whith initram. I have wrote small patch, that fix it. Patch is for 
> version with mdev patch already.

-       /* http://kernel.org/doc/pending/hotplug.txt says that only
-        * "/sys/block/..." is for block devices. "sys/bus" etc is not! */
-       type = (strncmp(&path[5], "block/", 6) == 0 ? S_IFBLK : S_IFCHR);
+       // in kernel 2.6.25 block devices are in /sys/class/block and in /sys/block
+       if ( strncmp(&path[5], "block/", 6) && strncmp(&path[5], "class/block/", 12) )
+       // wenn first or second strncmp return 0 (aslo path match block or class/block)
+       // value of expresion will be false (0)
+       {
+               type = S_IFCHR;
+       }
+       else
+       {
+               type = S_IFBLK;
+       }

You deleted the comment exactly why? You hate documentation? ;)
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