[ENBD] bug in /dev/nd* file name in nbd-client (?)

[Teofilis Martisius]

Hello,

I am using NBD-2.4.32, 
linux kernel 2.4.2 WITHOUT devfs
Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable

Today I compiled NBD-2.4.32 and got this error when trying to run
nbd client:

# nbd-client localhost:1234 localhost /dev/nda
nbd-client: Cannot open NBD device /dev/nda: Not a directory

>From what I found out from the sources, nbd-client tries to open file
named /dev/nda/0 (nbd-client.c, line 2319):

    sprintf(buffer,"%s/0",devicename[0]);                                       
    self->dev = open (buffer, O_RDWR);                                          
                                                                                
    if (self->dev < 0) {                                                        
          PERR ("Cannot open NBD device %s: %m\n",devicename[0]);               
          exit(1);                                                              
    }                                                                           

Maybe this works with devfs, where device files are put into separate
directories, but i doesn't work in my system. Maybe you could at least
modify MAKEDEV script so that it could create device files in devfs
fashion? Or at least suggest me how to make a quick & dirty fix so that it
would only work on non-devfs system.

Teofilis Martisius,
teo@ice.pit.ktu.lt