Bug 15785 - /dev/netlink missing
Summary: /dev/netlink missing
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: MAKEDEV
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
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Reported: 2000-08-09 06:16 UTC by Pekka Savola
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-09-15 22:24:39 UTC
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Description Pekka Savola 2000-08-09 06:16:56 UTC 
/dev/netlink (c 36 3) is missing, and /dev/MAKEDEV doesn't
know how to create it.  Sure, creating it is easy, but it should probably
go into dev and MAKEDEV packages.

I consider this an oversight as all netlink-related stuff are compiled in
in the kernels..
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-08-09 12:29:06 UTC 
Fixed in 3.0.5-5.
Comment 2 Pekka Savola 2000-08-10 15:04:02 UTC 
Is it intended behaviour not to include /dev/netlink in dev package, only
MAKEDEV?

That happens in RC1.
Comment 3 Pekka Savola 2000-09-15 22:24:36 UTC 
The definition has been added, but /dev/netlink will not be built by default.

As I'm not sure if this is by design, I'm reopening this.

Happens with MAKEDEV-3.0.6-5 (Gold release) too.
Comment 4 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-02-16 17:24:30 UTC 
This was by design (netlink isn't in the current devices.txt), but I'll change
it for 3.1.0-8 and later.
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