SOLVED: [Q] `ubiattach: ioctl 0x40186f40 failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device' - What changed?

[Brian Norris]

+Artem

Replying just to get the message through to the mailing list

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:54:02AM +0100, Brian Foster wrote:
> On Tuesday 25-February-2014 23:42:11 Brian Foster wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25-February-2014 23:21:41 Brian Norris wrote:
> > >[...]
> > 
> >  Another guess: We are using a static /dev/ubi_ctrl
> >  node.  However, that is a dynamic minor misc device,
> >  so I am currently _guessing_ the v3.10 system assigned
> >  a different minor number than the v2.6.36 system usually
> >  does (and the FAE's system also picked a different minor
> >  for some currently unknown reason).   I will check this
> >  possibility as soon as I can ....
> 
>  Yep, that's the problem.  The “failing” systems have allocated
>  a different minor device number (according to /proc/misc) than
>  that of the static /dev/ubi_ctrl node.
> 
> cheers!
> 	-blf-
> 
> p.s.  I am not sure if this will go to the list or into
>      moderation, as my previous attempt to reply to myself
>      went into moderation ....   ;-\    (Brian Norris,
>      please feel free to re-send this to the list if it
>      doesn't make it, or kick the moderator  ;-)  or ....)

The moderator is thinking of turning some of the problematic filtering
off. You are not the only one who has ever been stopped by this.

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