From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261595AbUB0BDv (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:03:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261571AbUB0BC2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:02:28 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:26848 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261672AbUB0BAd (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:00:33 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:53:49 -0800 From: Greg KH To: glauber@mpcnet.com.br Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: help in sysfs Message-ID: <20040227005349.GD15075@kroah.com> References: <20040226043302.GB2892@zion.matrix> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040226043302.GB2892@zion.matrix> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 01:33:02AM -0300, glauber@mpcnet.com.br wrote: > > I did not yet fully understand how sysfs works, > and so, any docs would be welcome Lots of docs in the Documentation/ tree. Did you look at them? > My main problem is: > I'm trying to use udev, but some devices for > drivers that are compiled in the kernel does > not appear in. What devices? There are still a few that are not exposed in sysfs that need to be converted. > I searched for entries representing then in /sys, and found no one > Specifically, no pts is found there in my .config, I have > CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y What can I do in order to solve this problem? This is well documented. You need to mount devpts at /dev/pts. It's not a sysfs or udev issue at all. thanks, greg k-h