[MPlayer-users] mga_vid and devfs problem on MDK 8.2 (long) (Fwd: Re: MPlayer --- src.rpm for syncfb driver ...)

Arpi arpi at thot.banki.hu
Tue May 14 00:12:06 CEST 2002


Hi,

> argh
> i said: REMOVE /dev/mga_vid WHEN using devfs. somehow (dunno why) devfs
> doesn't work if old style device (created by mknod) is in the way
> 
> imho its' better to removedisable devfs support in mga_vid
> it generated tons of such bugreporst already

just commited a possible fix for this problem.
if devfs register() fails, it fallbacks to non-devfs mode (mknod) instead of
exiting by error. hope it works, i don't have devfs...

could someone test it? (CVS)


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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