On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 12:22:13AM +0000, Jim McCloskey wrote: > |> >This is not true. I'm happily running 2.6.14.3, on an FC2 box, > |> >which pre-dates udev. And its no problem at all. Everything Just > |> >Works (TM). > |> > |> One thing you _cannot_ do is run devfs though, it's udev or > |> statically managed /dev. devfs was removed in 2.6.13 I think. > > Yes, sorry, I should have been more accurate. If you want to > dynamically re-populate the /dev/ directory at boot, then udev is the > option since 2.6.13. To be more specific, I think that devfs has > been disabled, even though the code still exists in the kernel tree > (linux-2.6.14/fs/devfs/).
Anyway, devfs has been marked "OBSOLETE" in the kernel tree since 2.6.0. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
