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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:23:18
Message-Id: 4F2EC8A1.40202@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5 by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 On 2012-02-05 12:47 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
3 > For the next time you need to find a kernel option:
4 >
5 > 1. go to /usr/src/linux
6 > 2. make menuconfig
7 > 3. press "/" (this activates search)
8 > 4. enter the config option you are looking
9 > 5. press Enter
10 <snip>
11 > As you can see, it's an option at the top of the kernel menu config.
12
13 Yep, many thanks to you (and Volker) for pointing out how to search for
14 terms...
15
16 > Reboot, if your network works, everything is fine. If it's not, remove
17 > the file /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (don't worry, it's
18 > autogenerated), and reboot. If the problem persists, just check that
19 > the names in that file correspond to the services in /etc/init.d. For
20 > example, mine says
21 >
22 > # PCI device 0x10ec:0x8136 (r8169)
23 > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
24 > ATTR{address}=="40:61:86:4e:a6:57", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0",
25 > ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
26 >
27 > So (if I used OpenRC) I would need to check that /etc/init.d/net.eth0
28 > it's a symlink to /etc/init.d/net.lo.
29
30 Ok, this makes sense, thanks!
31
32 >> ****************************
33 >>
34 >> Next issue/question (from post install log):
35 >>
36 >> ****************************
37 >>
38 >> WARN: postinst
39 >>
40 >> If you build an initramfs including udev, then please
41 >> make sure that the /sbin/udevadm binary gets included,
42 >> and your scripts changed to use it,as it replaces the
43 >> old helper apps udevinfo, udevtrigger, ...
44 >>
45 >> mount options for directory /dev are no longer
46 >> set in /etc/udev/udev.conf, but in /etc/fstab
47 >> as for other directories.
48 >>
49 >> If you use /dev/md/*, /dev/loop/* or /dev/rd/*,
50 >> then please migrate over to using the device names
51 >> /dev/md*, /dev/loop* and /dev/ram*.
52 >> The devfs-compat rules have been removed.
53 >> For reference see Bug #269359.
54 >>
55 >> Rules for /dev/hd* devices have been removed
56 >> Please migrate to libata.
57 >>
58 >> How do I know if I need to worry about any of this stuff? I'm a bit lost
59 >> here...
60 >
61 > Do you use an initramfs? Look at /boot/grub/grub.conf, is there a line
62 > starting with "initrd"? If not, worry not.
63
64 Ok, I apparently don't, but... are you saying that all of the stuff that
65 follows the initramfs warning *all* pertains to using an initramfs?
66
67 If so, many thanks again, I'll have to make a note of this in my
68 maintenance manual...
69
70 :)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Another issue/questions updating udev from 164-r2 to 171-r5 "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>