[Pvfs2-developers] Latest kernel missing class_device_create

[Phil Carns]

Hi Nick,

I just put a variation on your patch into cvs trunk.  It needed a few 
tweaks to work on RHEL4, which has an odd variation on what class 
functions are available.

-Phil

Nicholas Mills wrote:
> All,
> 
> In src/kernel/linux-2.6/devpvfs2-req.c:1037 there is a call to 
> class_device_create(). Unfortunately, this symbol no longer exists in 
> the latest kernel version (2.6.30 and possibly earlier). Documentation 
> seems to suggest this call should be replaced with a call to 
> device_create().
> 
> The class_device_create issue has been mentioned once before. See 
> http://www.beowulf-underground.org/pipermail/pvfs2-developers/2007-April/003346.html.
> 
> 
> Walt,
> 
> Don't worry, I promise I'm not changing any kernel code :). I'm just 
> trying to get my bearings to see what (if anything) needs to be changed 
> for the security implementation.
> 
> --Nick
> 
> 
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