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From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new 2004.3 system - to devfs or not to devfs, that is the question
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 01:27:50
Message-Id: 200412042027.19666.mcbrides9@comcast.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] new 2004.3 system - to devfs or not to devfs, that is the question by Collins Richey
1 On Saturday 04 December 2004 07:19 pm, Collins Richey wrote:
2 > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:05:23 -0500, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
3 wrote:
4 > > >What should I do?
5 > >
6 > > One of the first things I do, after installing Gentoo, is dumpboth devfs
7 > > and udev. After running MAKEDEV, there's no more problems working with
8 > > devices...
9 >
10 > True enough for now, but eventually the kernel developers will force
11 > you to udev, so my very humble opinion is, get used to udev.
12
13 I have the belief and hopes that when the kernel forced udev upon me, it'll be
14 fully operational, no bugs. Until that time, I refuse to do anymore debug
15 testing for the kernel developers... :')
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Re: [gentoo-user] new 2004.3 system - to devfs or not to devfs, that is the question Collins Richey <crichey@×××××.com>