Re: no loop back device in kernel rh7.2

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel Infinity-ltd com>]

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Robert Key wrote:

> Hi,
>    I have compiled the kernel 2.4.13 for rehat 7.2 after having patched
> it for the ext3 file system. The compile works fine, all the networking
> stuff is in however when the kernel boots I get the error message
>
>    modprobe : module char-major-10-135 not found
>
> and the networking simply does not work. There is no loop back device
> (from ifconfig) and the routing table is empty. The ethernet device is
> up but with out the loop back device networking does not work.
>
> The char-major-10-135 is obviously and alias for some module. Could
> somebody tell me what option to compile or maybe another level of
> patching has to take place?
>
> Thanks a ton,
>     Rob
>
It looks like it is the real time clock.  From devices.txt, under
10 char        Non-serial mice, misc features
		135 = /dev/rtc          Real Time Clock

[mikkel master Documentation]$ ls -al /dev/rtc
crw-rw-r--    1 root     root      10, 135 May  5  1998 /dev/rtc

Mikkel
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