From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261406AbTJHMHV (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:07:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261411AbTJHMHV (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:07:21 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:18902 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261406AbTJHMHS (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:07:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 14:07:11 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andreas Jellinghaus , Greg KH , Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [2.6 patch] document that udev isn't yet ready Message-ID: <20031008120711.GF8388@fs.tum.de> References: <20031007131719.27061.qmail@web40910.mail.yahoo.com> <200310072128.09666.insecure@mail.od.ua> <20031007194124.GA2670@kroah.com> <200310072347.41749.insecure@mail.od.ua> <20031007205244.GA2978@kroah.com> <1065561443.840.76.camel@clubneon.priv.hereintown.net> <20031007214848.GC3095@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 09:30:21AM +0200, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 21:51:27 +0000, Greg KH wrote: > > And remember, _I_ did not submit that patch to the kernel marking devfs > > obsolete. Other kernel developers did. And for good reasons, which > > have all been explained before. Even if udev wasn't even written yet, > > it would have been done. > > "Note that devfs has been obsoleted by udev," > > Most people expect after reading that sentence, that udev can do the > work devfs did for them. But udev is not ready to do that, even by > far. Thats why people complain. >... The following trivial change to te help text should clarify it: --- linux-2.6.0-test6-mm4/fs/Kconfig.old 2003-10-08 14:02:15.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.0-test6-mm4/fs/Kconfig 2003-10-08 14:03:33.000000000 +0200 @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ ptys, you will also need to enable (and mount) the /dev/pts filesystem (CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS). - Note that devfs has been obsoleted by udev, + Note that devfs will be obsoleted by udev . It has been stripped down to a bare minimum and is only provided for legacy installations that use its naming scheme which is > Regards, Andreas cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed