From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CWevn-00020I-Pr for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:58:23 -0800 Received: from smtp004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.35]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CWevj-0001ze-Cg for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:58:23 -0800 From: Blaisorblade MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411231900.40463.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> Subject: [uml-devel] About DevFS Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:00:40 +0100 To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Peter On Tuesday 23 November 2004 04:09, Peter wrote: > How will this affect existing UML setups? Does it mean they would need > to change if we started them up with a new UML kernel after /dev/ubd/0 > "goes away"? The other name (see the FAQ on my page to know which one, linked in my signature) - is available also in the old instances (both 2.4 and 2.6). > That would mean quite a disruption to operations (i.e. > making changes on lots of UML instances). Is there a way to acheive > what you're doing in a backwards-compatible manner? The other name always exists, even on older instances, so the new syntax is backward compatible. However, I hope the removal of /dev/ubd/0 symlinks can be deferred, so that you don't need to rush on this (I'm not sure of this - I don't care, but there are other developers complaining). At least, I need to update the Uml page. That said, DevFS is unstable (not in UML, but in general), so people should start switching away from it. Using devfsd probably helps the transiction (i.e. you start using the "standard" non-devfs names without removing access to the DevFS ones until you complete the transiction). -- Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade Linux registered user n. 292729 http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel