Kernel 2.6.21-rc* and net devices

[Kay Sievers]

On 3/1/07, Roderich Schupp <roderich.schupp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I noticed that when I configure my 2.6.21-rc2 kernel without
>  CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
> (i.e. General setup -> Create deprecated sysfs files = no) hal
> is missing all /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_* devices.
> They were recognized in 2.6.20 whether or not
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is set.
>
> With the above setting, /sys/class/net no longer contains actual sub directories
> for every network device, but only symlinks to the underlying "real" devices.
> Also the "real" device directories used to contain symlinks like
> net:eth0 pointing
> to the corresponding /sys/class/net sub directory which are missing now.

You need the current HAL from CVS, to work correctly with the new
sysfs layout, which is controlled by that kernel option.

Kay