linux-kernel - [PATCH] Fix name of Xen event-channel device

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Date:	Thu, 27 May 2010 17:02:51 +0200
From:	Bastian Blank <waldi@...ian.org>
To:	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix name of Xen event-channel device

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@...ian.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",
 	.fops         = &evtchn_fops,
 };
 static int __init evtchn_init(void)
-- 
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