From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.chez-thomas.org (mail.mlbassoc.com [65.100.170.105]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 102082C013C for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:27:56 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <516E9549.2090806@mlbassoc.com> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:27:53 -0600 From: Gary Thomas MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT to ensure /dev can be mounted correctly References: <1365688591-5323-1-git-send-email-zhenhua.luo@freescale.com> <20130415050129.GB21147@concordia> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 2013-04-17 05:46, Luo Zhenhua-B19537 wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael Ellerman [mailto:michael@ellerman.id.au] >> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 1:02 PM >> >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 09:56:30PM +0800, Zhenhua Luo wrote: >>> When using recent udev, the /dev node mount requires >>> CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT is enabled in Kernel. >> >> Really? >> >> I know it makes life easier when you don't have an initramfs, but is it >> actually required now? > [Luo Zhenhua-B19537] I didn't use initramfs when the issue is found, I think the option is required to be enabled. > Yes, it is required to get udev to work properly (versions of udev newer than ~173) -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------