Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267323AbTGTQMf (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:12:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267341AbTGTQMf (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:12:35 -0400 Received: from quake.mweb.co.za ([196.2.45.76]:23469 "EHLO quake.mweb.co.za") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267323AbTGTQMc (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:12:32 -0400 Subject: Re: devfsd/2.6.0-test1 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: azarah@gentoo.org To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Mark Watts , KML In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-7Lt6k6a+JkixQBaZzKBJ" Message-Id: <1058718448.19817.5.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 20 Jul 2003 18:27:28 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2179 Lines: 71 --=-7Lt6k6a+JkixQBaZzKBJ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 00:39, Bill Davidsen wrote: > On 17 Jul 2003, Martin Schlemmer wrote: >=20 > > On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 11:17, Mark Watts wrote: >=20 > > > I'm running devfs on a 2.6.0-test1 box (Mandrake 9.1 with the new ker= nel) > > >=20 > > > Every time I boot, it complains that I don't have an /etc/modprobe.de= vfs. > > > If I symlink modules.devfs, I get a wad of errors about 'probeall'. > > > What should a modprobe.devfs look like for a 2.5/6 kernel? > > >=20 > >=20 > > The module-init-tools tarball should include one. >=20 > Agreed, it should. However, the last version I pulled had zero support fo= r > probeall, and more importantly for probe, which is somewhat harder to do > cleanly without having to rewrite the config file for each kernel you > boot. >=20 Well, it implements probeall in another fashion. Also, you might try /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf to convert a modules.conf to modprobe.conf syntax. > I assume someone will need to write a functional config parser which > handles these features before 2.6 is seriously ready for production. > Giving up the ability to find the working module for a device would be a > step back, and is needed to allow booting with changing configurations, > such as docked or not laptops, PCMCIA cards inserted, various hardware > such as printers and scanners attached, etc. Also, read the threads on the list about udev/hotplug - apparently devfsd is going out ... Regards, --=20 Martin Schlemmer --=-7Lt6k6a+JkixQBaZzKBJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQA/GsLsqburzKaJYLYRAkJiAJMFjVBLSe7R1nhbfu2iyyrx1vClAJ9RFosg TgQB50QD1bIBiKHo2A7xbA== =5Vgy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-7Lt6k6a+JkixQBaZzKBJ-- - 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/