Subject: Re: ifconfig
To: Chris Gilbert <cg110@york.ac.uk>
From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@mpc-data.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 06/18/1998 13:10:21
Chris Gilbert wrote:
> Have you got a /dev/ne0 file?  if you've not try running /dev/MAKEDEV all
>
This will not work. Network devices do not have an entry in /dev. The
reasoning behind this is that a user never needs to open a network device
directly therefore the /dev entry is not required.

Mike