[busybox] [PATCH] mdev doesn't correctly determine whether device is block/char (2.6.25 kernel)

[Rich Mahn]

> I'm having problems with busybox-1.10.2 and the 2.6.25 kernel (with the
> deprecated sysfs structure turned off) where mdev always creates character
> device nodes (when some of them should be block device nodes). I've tried
> the trunk version of busybox as well as busybox 1.10.1 and busybox 1.10.2
> with all current patches... all with no solution to the problem.


The mdev patch fixes this problem.  
Other solutions are to turn off CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_CONF,
or go back to 1.9.1 or earlier.

rich