From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: the file system for /dev
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:05:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110731180544.GA12063@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110731163116.GA24315@linux1>
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:31:16AM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> All,
>
> The setup section of the udev README mentions that /dev should get the
> devtmpfs file system, but it also says that udev can be run on a blank
> tmpfs as long as you create /dev/{null,kmsg,console}. Also, the
> requirements section never mentions CONFIG_DEVTMPFS.
>
> So, I guess I'm attempting to figure out what is preferred. Is devtmpfs
> preferred for distros?
Yes.
> What are reasons that someone might not want to use devtmpfs with
> udev?
They don't want to use it? I don't know, why not ask the distros that
don't use it why they don't want it.
good luck,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-31 18:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-31 16:31 the file system for /dev William Hubbs
2011-07-31 18:05 ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-07-31 21:47 ` Kay Sievers
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