Hi, this improves on my previous patch. Before a new master_device port is created the old port is deallocated to prevent a port leak. None of this happens when master_file (naming the device node) is undefined.
This patch has been tested on Debian GNU/Hurd. With this patch, killing netdde no longer takes down pfinet. Upon encountering a transmission error, pfinet tries to re-open the ethernet device once (handled by devnode) and will resend the buffer. rekado (2): Try to re-open network device on transmission error Look up device file name on device_open devnode/devnode.c | 10 ++++++++++ pfinet/ethernet.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1
