From: Paul Mackerras This patch is from Jimi Xenidis . The hvcs driver does not register a devfs_name resulting in devfs creating /dev/* entries. The following one line patch remedies the problem. Signed-off-by: Jimi Xenidis Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/drivers/char/hvcs.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN drivers/char/hvcs.c~fix-devfs-name-for-the-hvcs-driver drivers/char/hvcs.c --- 25/drivers/char/hvcs.c~fix-devfs-name-for-the-hvcs-driver 2005-02-04 02:25:19.487676480 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/char/hvcs.c 2005-02-04 02:25:19.491675872 -0800 @@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ static int __init hvcs_module_init(void) hvcs_tty_driver->driver_name = hvcs_driver_name; hvcs_tty_driver->name = hvcs_device_node; + hvcs_tty_driver->devfs_name = hvcs_device_node; /* * We'll let the system assign us a major number, indicated by leaving _