On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 09:27:38PM +, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Our personal preferences here aren't really the issue here. Even
> though it's not the default, the devfs scheme is a reality, and needs
> supporting.
I disagree. the devfs naming is non-standard and broken. udev should
be fixed.
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Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 05:57:36PM +, Roger Leigh wrote:
>> > more easily fix the udev rules to put the nvram device is the
>> > correct location.
>>
>> The "correct" location is rather subjective. I u
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 05:57:36PM +, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > devfs is obsolete and slated for removal from 2.6 soon.
>
> That's true. However, the naming scheme is not devfs-specific, and is
> used by others.
I think it is devfs specific. I have never seen this naming outside
of devfs syste
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Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 09:15:55PM +, Roger Leigh wrote:
>> Package: yaboot
>> Version: 1.3.13-3
>> Severity: normal
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> ybin and mkofboot hardcode /dev/nvram as the nvram device. devfs
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 09:15:55PM +, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Package: yaboot
> Version: 1.3.13-3
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
> ybin and mkofboot hardcode /dev/nvram as the nvram device. devfs (and
mkofboot is a symlink to ybin. your patches are redundant.
> udev, using devfs.rules) us
Package: yaboot
Version: 1.3.13-3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
ybin and mkofboot hardcode /dev/nvram as the nvram device. devfs (and
udev, using devfs.rules) use /dev/misc/nvram instead.
The attached patch checks for both devices so that it will work on
both systems.
Please note that this patch
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