Why is /dev forgetting my mknod 's?

[tdb]

I installed OpenVPN on my laptop. I use kernel 2.6.1-love2. Part of the installation instructions for OpenVPN is to "mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200", and add "alias char-major-10-200 tun" to /etc/modules.conf. After that, "modprobe tun", and you're off to the races. OpenVPN runs fine. However, once I "rmmod tun", /dev/net/tun disappears. When I go to use OpenVPN, which presumably should automagically load "tun" whenever char-major-10-200 is called, it complains about not being able to find /dev/net/tun. When I go to list /dev/net/tun, it is gone.
Now, when I reinsert the module tun, /dev/net/tun comes back. "file /dev/net/tun" identitfies it as a broken symbolic link to misc/net/tun. "file /dev/misc/net/tun" shows it as having char 10 200. From here, in order to get OpenVPN running again, I have to remove the module, re-mknod /dev/net/tun, and reinsert the module again.

Why is /dev forgetting the node I made? Why does it disappear when the module is removed? Isn't that was is preventing the kernel from autoloading it via the alias? Why when I reinset the modue, does /dev/net/tun turn into a broken symbolic link. All this works just fine under my 2.4 server kernel. Does this have to do with the now limited support for devfs in the 2.6 line? Is there a workaround?

[Master_Of_Disaster]

Because gentoo is using devfs, look at /etc/devfsd.conf
to find out how to adapt your config to use OpenVPN with devfs
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[chrroessner]

Hi,

I have done a workaround. I put the following in my conf:

[flickerfly]

You put that line in devfsd.conf? I don't see any line like it in there so wanted to make sure.

Also, what do I add in the kernel config to get the tun module?

Thanks!
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