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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Jeremy Kolb <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>:
> where'd makenode go? i all of a sudden need it and it vanished. actually
> i need it because it appears that my serial ports have vanished in the
> 2.6 kernel (need them for my external modem).  so if anyone knows what
> they're called now and where makenode is let me know! thanks!
> 
> Jeremy

Do you mean MAKEDEV? Do you have devfsd running? hotplug may help, as the 2.6
kernel now uses sysfs + udev + hotplug, though using udev probably won't fix
your problem.

-sandalle

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