Re: [BUG 2.5.67 (and probably earlier)] /proc/dev/net doesnt show

Randy.Dunlap (rddunlap@osdl.org)
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:07:42 -0700


On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:28:57 -0700 "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:

| On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:34:18 +0200 Christian Bornträger <linux@borntraeger.net> wrote:
|
| | Summary: /proc/net/devices doesnt show all devices using cat. With dd all are
| | available.
| |
| | I tested a kernels prior to
| | http://linus.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@1.797.156.3
| | and it doesnt seem to have this problem.
|
|
| I haven't tried to make that many net devices.
| Acme, does this look helpful?
| Christian, can you test this patch?
|
| --
|
|
| diff -Naur ./net/core/dev.c%SEQ ./net/core/dev.c
| --- ./net/core/dev.c%SEQ 2003-04-28 15:07:01.000000000 -0700
| +++ ./net/core/dev.c 2003-04-29 09:06:18.000000000 -0700
| @@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@
| struct net_device *dev;
| loff_t i;
|
| - for (i = 0, dev = dev_base; dev && i < pos; dev = dev->next);
| + for (i = 0, dev = dev_base; dev && i < pos; dev = dev->next, i++);
|
| return i == pos ? dev : NULL;
| }
| -

Oh well, I don't think that works.

How do I configure the dummy network driver to get loads of interfaces?

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~Randy
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