request advice: how stable is devfs in 2.4.0-test9?

request advice: how stable is devfs in 2.4.0-test9?

[Mirko Klemm]

Could anyone please send me a comment on how actually usable the devfs 
support in the 2.4.0 test series is at the moment?
I am currently using 2.4.0-test* as an "ordinary user" and want to try some 
of the 2.4 specific new features out, but this is my only system and I don't 
want it to be messed up so much, so I'd like to hear some comments first.
Which version of devfsd/utils is needed?
Thanks,
Mirko
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Re: request advice: how stable is devfs in 2.4.0-test9?

[Marko Kreen]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 10:45:48PM +0100, Mirko Klemm wrote:
> Could anyone please send me a comment on how actually usable the devfs 
> support in the 2.4.0 test series is at the moment?

Fine.  I was forced to use it from 2.3.99-something and
have not had any problems with it.  (I lifted whole system
from one disk to another and forgot to create /dev :)


> I am currently using 2.4.0-test* as an "ordinary user" and want to try some 
> of the 2.4 specific new features out, but this is my only system and I don't 
> want it to be messed up so much, so I'd like to hear some comments first.
> Which version of devfsd/utils is needed?

I have devfsd 1.3.10.

You better be sure you have following lines in devfsd.conf:

REGISTER        .*              MKOLDCOMPAT
UNREGISTER      .*              RMOLDCOMPAT

You can later reconfigure most stuff to use new layout
but especially X is a pain.

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marko

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Re: request advice: how stable is devfs in 2.4.0-test9?

[Jeff Dike]

Mirko.Klemm@t-online.de said:
> I am currently using 2.4.0-test* as an "ordinary user" and want to try
> some  of the 2.4 specific new features out, but this is my only system
> and I don't  want it to be messed up so much, so I'd like to hear some
> comments first.

This is one of the things that user-mode Linux (http://user-mode-linux.sourcefo
rge.net) is for.  I've been shipping kernels with devfs since devfs made it 
into the mainline pool.

With UML, you can boot up a virtual machine, and play with devfs all you want 
without any chance of messing up the host.

				Jeff


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