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From: "Frank Wang" <frank@atvideo.com>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: devfs, input event system, and kernel configuration.
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:50:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <002401c285e6$e32acb00$3d00000a@atvideo.com> (raw)

Hi,

I am trying to attach a special serial input device to an X application.
Looking at the kernel document, it seems to me the input core system (the
/dev/input/event#) fits the my needs nicely.  I also realize that the input
system uses the devfs rather than the traditional major/minor number for its
device driver.

So I configured a 2.4.18-5 kernel with the following flags turned on,

	- devfs turned on,
	- the input core module,
	- the input core's keyboard and mouse modules
	- the input core's event modules

The kernel compiles fine.  However, during boot process, everything under
the /var/* and several device mounts were marked as read-only and thus the
kernel fails to boot.  I tried to set the devfs=nomount as its boot
parameter.  It didn't help either.

Thanks in advance!

Frank Wang @ Advanced Technology Video Inc.


             reply	other threads:[~2002-11-06 22:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-06 22:50 Frank Wang [this message]
2002-11-07 15:17 ` devfs, input event system, and kernel configuration Denis Vlasenko

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