From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:05:44 +0000
Subject: Re: the file system for /dev
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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