From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267179AbUGVTm1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:42:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267184AbUGVTm1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:42:27 -0400 Received: from wblv-254-37.telkomadsl.co.za ([165.165.254.37]:16842 "EHLO gateway.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267179AbUGVTmO (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:42:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] delete devfs From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: Martin Schlemmer To: Wichert Akkerman Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing Lists In-Reply-To: <20040721222008.GG25218@wiggy.net> References: <20040721141524.GA12564@kroah.com> <20040721222008.GG25218@wiggy.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-diSHlnPpmTPEAZz9wJLl" Message-Id: <1090525499.10205.19.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:44:59 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-diSHlnPpmTPEAZz9wJLl Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 00:20, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Matthew Garrett wrote: > > The new Debian installer requires devfs on several architectures, even > > for 2.6 installs. That's unlikely to get changed before release. >=20 > The Debian installer did not have a choice: until very recently udev was > not quite up to the task and having all devices on a filesystem simply > takes too much space. So for the next Debian release the installer will > have to rely on devfs. But since it is based on 2.4 kernels anyway that > isn't a problem. >=20 IMHO, udev was realy since beginning March already - prob earlier. Sure, some device drivers did not support it (and some still do not), but there are others ways to get past that ... --=20 Martin Schlemmer --=-diSHlnPpmTPEAZz9wJLl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBABk7qburzKaJYLYRAkT4AJ4yulp5jBCSsbjViIsUptnPiR238ACeOYQu kbpZFdB5lKGMF8rvUTeycCs= =3nFs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-diSHlnPpmTPEAZz9wJLl--