When initializing the ioctl interface, always print the info message, instead of only when devfs is not present. diff -Naur linux-2.4.20-dm-7/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c linux-2.4.20-evms-1.9.0-pre3/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c --- linux-2.4.20-dm-7/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c Tue Feb 4 14:28:39 2003 +++ linux-2.4.20-evms-1.9.0-pre3/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c Tue Feb 4 14:26:44 2003 @@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ r = devfs_generate_path(_dm_misc.devfs_handle, rname + 3, sizeof rname - 3); if (r == -ENOSYS) - return 0; /* devfs not present */ + goto done; /* devfs not present */ if (r < 0) { DMERR("devfs_generate_path failed for control device"); @@ -1139,6 +1139,7 @@ } devfs_auto_unregister(_dm_misc.devfs_handle, _ctl_handle); + done: DMINFO("%d.%d.%d%s initialised: %s", DM_VERSION_MAJOR, DM_VERSION_MINOR, DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL, DM_VERSION_EXTRA, DM_DRIVER_EMAIL);