However one of the development platforms is Window 7 (yes Windows 7 doesn't develop the Linux kernel but this is a test of the product suite and not windows 7 ability to compile the Linux kernel). So I'm cloning the Linux Kernel from Stash to Window 7 and it fails half way through and I'm thinking "Oh no Stash and Git must be configured incorrectly."
Once inspecting the git errors however it was complaining of
fatal: git rm: 'drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/i2c/aux.c': Permission denied
Obviously this had me trying again and then trying to create a file called aux.c on the desktop.
Queue a most random error from a file creation I have seen
The error was "specific device name is invalid" when creating the file aux.c on the desktop. Now as you can tell this got my interest and so off to google and windows and aux.c.
This lead me to an interesting little knowledge base article
https://support.microsoft.com/
where it details that some filenames on windows are reserved for certain things.
Name Function ---- -------- CON Keyboard and display PRN System list device, usually a parallel port AUX Auxiliary device, usually a serial port CLOCK$ System real-time clock NUL Bit-bucket device A:-Z: Drive letters COM1 First serial communications port LPT1 First parallel printer port LPT2 Second parallel printer port LPT3 Third parallel printer port COM2 Second serial communications port COM3 Third serial communications port COM4 Fourth serial communications port
Has anyone ever come across this before, it such an oddity of Windows to do this.....
