Bug 501448

Summary: udev assigns wrong major number to /dev/capi20
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Andreas Spengler <andreas>
Component: udevAssignee: Harald Hoyer <harald>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Andreas Spengler 2009-05-19 08:31:48 UTC
Description of problem:

I try to load the Fritz!X USB kernel module alongside the CAPI kernel modules. Entering "capiinit start" gives "could not access /dev/capi20 or /dev/isdn/capi20 - No such device or address (6)".

Looking at /dev/capi20, the device file has a major number 191 instead of 68 as specified in the kernel documentation.

How reproducible: always

Actual results: Entering "capiinit start" gives "could not access /dev/capi20 or /dev/isdn/capi20 - No such device or address (6)". Same result with "capiinfo".

Expected results: After issueing "capiinit start" a subsequent "capiinfo" should display the device's capabilities.

Comment 1 Peter Bieringer 2009-06-09 05:43:28 UTC
Same happen on Fedora 10 

kernel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10
udev-127-3

Workaround:

# rm -f /dev/capi20
# mknod /dev/capi20 c 68 0

Note that on initial load of capi modules /dev/capi has 68,0, but this changed here after calling capiinit.

Looks like there is an udev rule required, which catches /dev/capi20 and adjust the device node values.

BTW: loading of module capi explicitly mentioned "started up with major 68 (middleware+capifs)

@Reporter: pls. change version to 10

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Comment 3 Peter Bieringer 2009-11-26 13:31:59 UTC
Looks like fixed at least in F12

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