Re: Puzzled by linux 2.6 and /dev

2004-01-27 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Chandler wrote: > A few weeks ago I managed to install the kernel-images for linux 2.6, and > at the same time removed devfsd (reading that it had been depreciated with > 2.6) Deprecated doesn't mean that it has been removed. From what I can see

Re: Puzzled by linux 2.6 and /dev

2004-01-27 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > devfs/udev do this from the kernel side - I don't know but your post > suggests that hotplug tampers with device nodes on the user side? devfs is both userlevel and kernellevel. udev is completely a userprocess. > Afaik ud

Re: Puzzled by linux 2.6 and /dev

2004-01-25 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:34:05PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > But now I am not getting any devices being built automatically in /dev. devfs/udev do this from the kernel side - I don't know but your post suggests that hotplug tampers with device nodes on the user side? > I saw some talk about