From: Olaf Hering On Sat, Mar 11, Olaf Hering wrote: > Why is the /sys/class/net/eth0/device symlink not created for the > mv643xx_eth driver? Does this work for other platform device drivers? > Seems to work for the ps2 keyboard at least. The SET_NETDEV_DEV has to be done before a call to register_netdev. With the new patch below, the device symlink for the platform device was created. Unfortunately, after the 4 ls commands, the network connection died. No idea if the box crashed or if something else broke, lost remote access. Provide sysfs 'device' in /class/net/ethN Also, set module owner field, like pcnet32 driver does. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering Acked-by: Dale Farnsworth Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c~mv643xx_eth-provide-sysfs-class-device-symlink drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c --- devel/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c~mv643xx_eth-provide-sysfs-class-device-symlink 2006-04-27 18:23:34.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c 2006-04-27 18:23:34.000000000 -0700 @@ -1419,6 +1419,8 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_probe(struct plat mv643xx_eth_update_pscr(dev, &cmd); mv643xx_set_settings(dev, &cmd); + SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev); + SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev); err = register_netdev(dev); if (err) goto out; _