From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262986AbVF3Tcl (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:32:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262985AbVF3Tbq (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:31:46 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:16526 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262986AbVF3TaB (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:30:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:54:53 -0700 From: Greg KH To: eric.valette@free.fr Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: updating kernel to 2.6.13-rc1 from 2.6.12 + CONFIG_DEVFS_FS + empty /dev Message-ID: <20050630155453.GA6828@kroah.com> References: <42C30CBC.5030704@free.fr> <20050629224040.GB18462@kroah.com> <1120137161.42c3efc93b36c@imp1-q.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1120137161.42c3efc93b36c@imp1-q.free.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 03:12:41PM +0200, eric.valette@free.fr wrote: > Quoting Greg KH : > > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:03:56PM +0200, Eric Valette wrote: > > > For years now my /dev has been empty. When upgrading to 2.6.13-rc1 from > > > 2.6.12, and updating my kernel config file via "make oldconfig" I got no > > > visible warning about CONFIG_DEVFS_FS options being set (or at least did > > > no see it). > > > > devfs has been marked OBSOLETE for a year now. It has also been > > documented as going away. Because of this, you should not have been > > supprised at all. > > I knew it! I just the announce for 2.6.13-rc1 did not contain this fact and I > did not realize booting this new kernel will fail on my machine which is bad for > a stable serie. As there is no longer a "development series" calling 2.6 a "stable series" isn't really true :) thanks, greg k-h