linux-kernel - Re: No more vcs1 and vcsa1 in 2.6.30.N

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:42:10 -0300
From:	Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@...oo.com.ar>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: No more vcs1 and vcsa1 in 2.6.30.N

Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 17:35 -0300, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
>   
>> Since upgrade my system to 2.6.30[.1]. I don't have anymore
>> /sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs1 and /sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs1 in
>> consequence not have anymore the corresponding char devs in /dev.
>>     
>
> Seems we missed the consoles, which are always pre-allocated, and not
> created on demand. Does this help?
>
> Thanks,
> Kay
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/vc_screen.c b/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
> index d94d25c..c1791a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
> @@ -495,11 +495,15 @@ void vcs_remove_sysfs(int index)
>  
>  int __init vcs_init(void)
>  {
> +	unsigned int i;
> +
>  	if (register_chrdev(VCS_MAJOR, "vcs", &vcs_fops))
>  		panic("unable to get major %d for vcs device", VCS_MAJOR);
>  	vc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vc");
>  
>  	device_create(vc_class, NULL, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "vcs");
>  	device_create(vc_class, NULL, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, 128), NULL, "vcsa");
> +	for (i = 0; i < MIN_NR_CONSOLES; i++)
> +		vcs_make_sysfs(i);
>  	return 0;
>  }
>
>
>
>   
Yes, the problem is solved applying this patch. Thanks for the quick fix
Kay.

Good Luck!

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