From 55ac08dc49fadc18db30f4e8722ae9c6b59a1a74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Duncan Laurie <duncan@iceblink.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 22:45:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] always remove old device file in case we get new dynamic
 major assigned from kernel

---
 ipmitool/contrib/ipmi.init.redhat | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ipmitool/contrib/ipmi.init.redhat b/ipmitool/contrib/ipmi.init.redhat
index ced17d8..879c438 100755
--- a/ipmitool/contrib/ipmi.init.redhat
+++ b/ipmitool/contrib/ipmi.init.redhat
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ start() {
 	# this failure.
 	grep -q ipmidev /proc/devices || RETVAL=1
 
+	# remove old device file always
+	# in case ipmi gets assigned new dynamic major number from kernel
+	if [ -c /dev/ipmi0 ]; then
+	    rm -f /dev/ipmi0
+	fi
+
 	# Check if the device file exists and create if not.
 	if [ ! -c /dev/ipmi0 ] && [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]
 	then