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From: Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.31-r6 - where is hot-pluggable device support for udev?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:16:20
Message-Id: 4B93B4E0.5030902@f_philipp.fastmail.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.31-r6 - where is hot-pluggable device support for udev? by Tanstaafl
1 Tanstaafl schrieb:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > The Gentoo udev guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml) says
5 > specifically to make sure that:
6 >
7 > 'General setup --->
8 > [*] Support for hot-pluggable devices'
9 >
10 > is enabled, but I didn't have this option available (the others were
11 > already enabled) when I did 'make menuconfig'.
12 >
13 > I did find it (or one named the same) under:
14 >
15 > 'Configure standard kernel features (for small systems) --->'
16 >
17 > But when that is enabled, 'Namespaces support' is automatically disabled.
18 >
19 > So, which do I want? Is the udev guide outdated and/or did this change
20 > for newer kernels?
21 >
22 > Thanks,
23 >
24
25 I cannot reproduce the deactivation of 'Namespaces support' by simply
26 activating 'Support for hot-pluggable devices' here
27 (2.6.31-tuxonice-r7). In any case, you won't need Namespaces.
28
29 Please also file a bug about this little documentation issue.
30
31 Regards,
32 Florian Philipp

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