Bug 28464

Summary:	vtun device numbers aren't in devfs
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	David Bryson (RETIRED) <mutex>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) <azarah>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description David Bryson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-11 11:46:19 UTC

So, I'm not a pro at devfs, but the default devfs features don't seem to be
configured for tun devices very well.
It seems that vtun expects /dev/net/tunXX where XX is a number.  However, it
appears as though when you load the tun module, only /dev/net/tun is created.
Vtun's config file expects tun devices with number on the end, and sometimes
refuses to run unless a symling from tun -> tun0 is created.
It would be nice if devfs figured this out and created tun devices on its own.
Unfortunately I don't know much about devfs, but if I have time, I will look
into it.

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-14 08:18:07 UTC

This is actually a kernel issue if you ask me.

----------------add to devfsd.conf---------------------
REGISTER        ^net/tun$     CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname net/tun0
UNREGISTER      ^net/tun$     CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink tun0