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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Kernel sources thread
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:40:11
Message-Id: 1090851973.13632.71.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Kernel sources thread by Paul Varner
1 On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 12:14, Paul Varner wrote:
2 > Normally, I would completely agree with you. However, vmnet1 and vmnet8
3 > while being network devices do require a device node. If the following
4 > nodes don't exist, they don't work!
5 >
6 > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 119, 0 Jul 24 22:25 /dev/vmnet0
7 > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 119, 1 Jul 24 22:25 /dev/vmnet1
8 > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 119, 8 Jul 24 22:25 /dev/vmnet8
9 >
10 > Finally, just to be clear, this is something for vmware to fix with
11 > their drivers, not the udev developers. I was just pointing out that
12 > currently vmware doesn't "just work" with a pure udev system.
13
14 Bug #54629
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17 Chris Gianelloni
18 Release Engineering QA Manager/Games Developer
19 Gentoo Linux
20
21 Is your power animal a penguin?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Kernel sources thread Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>