--- 1/fs/namei.c	2004-02-03 14:35:16.000000000 +0200
+++ 2/fs/namei.c	2004-02-03 17:20:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ int open_namei(const char * pathname, in
 	int acc_mode, error = 0;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct dentry *dir;
-	int count = 0;
+	int count = 0, retry = 0;
 
 	acc_mode = ACC_MODE(flag);
 
@@ -1253,13 +1253,14 @@ int open_namei(const char * pathname, in
 	nd->intent.open.flags = flag;
 	nd->intent.open.create_mode = mode;
 
+retry_open:
 	/*
 	 * The simplest case - just a plain lookup.
 	 */
 	if (!(flag & O_CREAT)) {
 		error = path_lookup(pathname, lookup_flags(flag)|LOOKUP_OPEN, nd);
 		if (error)
-			return error;
+			goto error;
 		dentry = nd->dentry;
 		goto ok;
 	}
@@ -1269,7 +1270,7 @@ int open_namei(const char * pathname, in
 	 */
 	error = path_lookup(pathname, LOOKUP_PARENT|LOOKUP_OPEN|LOOKUP_CREATE, nd);
 	if (error)
-		return error;
+		goto error;
 
 	/*
 	 * We have the parent and last component. First of all, check
@@ -1343,8 +1344,22 @@ ok:
 exit_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
 exit:
+	if (error != 0 && strstr(pathname, "/dev/") == pathname && !retry) {
+		if (request_module(pathname) == 0) {
+			retry = 1;
+			goto retry_open;
+		}
+	}
 	path_release(nd);
 	return error;
+error:
+	if (error != 0 && strstr(pathname, "/dev/") == pathname && !retry) {
+		if (request_module(pathname) == 0) {
+			retry = 1;
+			goto retry_open;
+		}
+	}
+	return error;
 
 do_link:
 	error = -ELOOP;