From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernd Schubert Subject: Re: Hanging udev process on nfs-mounted /dev Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:56:47 +0200 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200409281756.50595.bernd-schubert@web.de> References: <41592550.5060006@bio.ifi.lmu.de> <200409281359.21360.bernd-schubert@web.de> <415976DF.8020502@bio.ifi.lmu.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CCKLa-0005i9-S9 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:56:58 -0700 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de ([129.206.100.212]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CCKLZ-0005ok-4J for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:56:58 -0700 Received: from euklid.pci.uni-heidelberg.de (euklid.pci.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.21.104]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8SFup4i012726 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:56:51 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from bernd by euklid.pci.uni-heidelberg.de with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CCKLS-00020q-00 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:56:50 +0200 To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <415976DF.8020502@bio.ifi.lmu.de> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 16:36, Frank Steiner wrote: > Bernd Schubert wrote > > > Hello Frank, > > > > stupid question, udev always uses tmpfs, doesn't it? > > Hmm, I don't know. On the normal hosts (non diskless), I have tmpfs > mounted at /dev/shm, but /dev itself is on the normal filesystem. > And when I call e.g. "pktsetup mycd /dev/cdrecorder", udev creates > e.g. /dev/pktcdvd0 which did not exist before. > So I guess this is a normal device in the /dev directory and not related > to tmpfs? > > However, I now wonder if I couldn't use a tmpfs for /dev for the clients.= =2E. > hmm... On debian the udev init script always mounts /dev as tmpfs and as far as I= =20 know this is the intended behaviour from the udev author. Cheers, Bernd =2D-=20 Bernd Schubert Physikalisch Chemisches Institut / Theoretische Chemie Universit=E4t Heidelberg INF 229 69120 Heidelberg e-mail: bernd.schubert@pci.uni-heidelberg.de ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs