From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262020AbVFWDsN (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:48:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262021AbVFWDsN (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:48:13 -0400 Received: from atpro.com ([12.161.0.3]:58898 "EHLO atpro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262020AbVFWDsG (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:48:06 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:45:04 -0400 From: Jim Crilly To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: "David S. Miller" , gregkh@suse.de, torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] devfs: remove devfs from Kconfig preventing it from being built Message-ID: <20050623034504.GL21897@mail> Mail-Followup-To: "Martin J. Bligh" , "David S. Miller" , gregkh@suse.de, torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050621.214527.71091057.davem@davemloft.net> <258190000.1119422406@[10.10.2.4]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <258190000.1119422406@[10.10.2.4]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 06/21/05 11:40:06PM -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > >> > However, this does mean I do need to reinstall a couple > >> > debian boxes here to something newer before I can continue > >> > doing kernel work in 2.6.x on them. > >> > >> Those boxes rely on devfs? > > > > Yeah, when I forget to turn on DEVFS_FS and DEVFS_MOUNT in the > > kernel config the machine won't boot. :-) > > > >> Can't you just grab the "static dev" debian package and continue on? > >> I'm sure there is one in there somewhere (don't really know for sure, > >> not running debian anywhere here, sorry.) > >> > >> Or how about a tarball of a /dev tree? Would that help you out? > > > > I don't know if Debian has such a package. > > > > Don't worry, I'll take care of this by simply reinstalling > > and thus moving to udev. > > ??? I use debian sarge all the time with kernel.org kernels that don't > have devfs compiled in, and I don't use udev either. Works across ia32, > x86_64, and PPC64 (32 bit userspace) at least, with no trouble at all, > out of the box. I did the same with Woody as well before that ... I think he's just saying that since he did the install with devfs enabled and has been using devfs device names, a conversion back to 'standard' names would be a major PITA. It's definately possible to convert, but if there's not much on the boxes a reinstall might be quicker. > > M. Jim. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/