Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269466AbTGZUU0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 16:20:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269528AbTGZUU0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 16:20:26 -0400 Received: from mx02.qsc.de ([213.148.130.14]:40090 "EHLO mx02.qsc.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269466AbTGZUUY (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 16:20:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:35:35 +0200 From: Wiktor Wodecki To: Balram Adlakha Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test1 devfs question Message-ID: <20030726203535.GD789@gmx.de> References: <20030725185325.GA3944@localhost.localdomain> <20030726104506.GA663@gmx.de> <20030726175214.GA2535@localhost.localdomain> <20030726183750.GB789@gmx.de> <20030726201919.GA5166@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vmttodhTwj0NAgWp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030726104506.GA663@gmx.de> X-message-flag: Linux - choice of the GNU generation X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.0-test1-mm2-O9 i686 X-PGP-KeyID: 182C9783 X-Info: X-PGP-KeyID, send an email with the subject 'public key request' to wodecki@gmx.de User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2557 Lines: 61 --vmttodhTwj0NAgWp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 01:49:19AM +0530, Balram Adlakha wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 08:37:50PM +0200, Wiktor Wodecki wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 11:22:14PM +0530, Balram Adlakha wrote: > > > The old naming scheme is (quite) depricated. Firstly, devfs shows onl= y those devices which are probed (have a driver), secondly the devices are = sorted in an easy to understand directory heirarchy to reduce clutter. > > > Theres a devfs daemon called devfsd which is actually (almost) a part= of a working devfs system. Using devfsd, you can autoload modules even whi= le using devfs, and it also creates symlinks to older device name if that i= s specified in the /etc/devfsd.conf file. > > > It is your choice if you want to use devfs or not, linux is all about= choice. If you don't like the new naming scheme, you can edit a few lines = in the devfs source and change the scheme. Or you can have devfs mounted in= another place (like /dev2) and create a script which creates symlinks from= /dev2 to /dev with your own preferred names, and you can edit /etc/rc.d/rc= =2Esysinit to run the script on bootup. > > > Or you can continue using the old device inodes...Some people still p= refer them. > >=20 > > I understand that and I greatly appreciate the new naming scheme. > > However it would have been nice if I could have bootet just up and look > > at it without changing my core system files (I regard /etc/fstab as > > core). Nevermind, I might give it another shot on a testing system. > >=20 > You won't need to update /etc/fstab if you use devfsd and its configured = to create old device names in /dev... ah! This should be placed somewhere in a FAQ or so. As I've read through the docs this isn't mentioned anywhere. This of course solves all my concerns about devfs. Will try it again soon. Thanks for enlightment :-) --=20 Regards, Wiktor Wodecki --vmttodhTwj0NAgWp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/IuYX6SNaNRgsl4MRApjtAJsFR7+pzHRLb0z1LM9UQTSBq+oopQCeIYvt zz2AwxOudwqSXN2UL0U/Jx8= =L93e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vmttodhTwj0NAgWp-- - 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/