Re: [gentoo-user] new 2004.3 system - to devfs or not to devfs, that is the question

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 22:33:35 -0700
Collins Richey <crichey@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:27:19 -0500, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net> wrote:
> > On Saturday 04 December 2004 07:19 pm, Collins Richey wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:05:23 -0500, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
> > wrote:
> > > > >What should I do?
> > > >
> > > > One of the first things I do, after installing Gentoo, is dumpboth devfs
> > > > and udev. After running MAKEDEV, there's no more problems working with
> > > > devices...
> > >
> > > True enough for now, but eventually the kernel developers will force
> > > you to udev, so my very humble opinion is, get used to udev.
> >
> > I have the belief and hopes that when the kernel forced udev upon me, it'll be
> > fully operational, no bugs. Until that time, I refuse to do anymore debug
> > testing for the kernel developers... :')
> >
>
> Hmmm! A bug-free kernel! Now that would be a wonder to see. Sometime
> around the time that hell freezes over.

I had better report back on how it worked out now that this thread is in
GWN LOL.

Before I posted I had already compiled the kernel with no devfs support
at all. I also emerged udev.

When I booted after setting everything up it "just went", with no devfs
in the kernel. I assume I would have received the same result if I had
compiled in devfs and either NOT compiled in the option to start devfs
on boot OR booted with the kernel parameter gentoo=nodevfs

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