[PATCH] allow device specification to be a symlink

[Aleksander Morgado]

Hey!

> > Can you abstract the link checking into a separate function, since it's
> > used in two places? No problem to allocate a new string in both cases
> > (symlink and not) and return it to the caller.
>
> Sure. I've gone ahead and done so. The two patches are attached.
>

Got these changes already merged after reviewing the MR

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