Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:45:57 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.3.51, and the pre-2.4 series.. |
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Michael H. Warfield writes: > On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 02:38:11PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > did you enable devfs and forget to edit /etc/inittab to use 'vc/n' instead > > > of 'ttyn' ? > > > If that is the case then devfs needs some tweaking > > No... That's the way it's designed to work and how it's been > documented... Sigh... > > He's got a user space daemon, devfsd, that manages some symlinks > from old names to devfs names, but most of the name space is orthogonal > to the "conventional names". So you either switch to what Richard decided > were more rational names, or you create the symlinks by hand, or you run > his user space daemon. It's in the devfs/README file in the doco directory. > Unfortunately, the devfsd doesn't cover everything (it does cover this, > though). He's got a set of fixed links that it knows about (vc's are in > the list). I haven't looked into it deeply enough to see if it can be > configured for other devices (like the Computone devices) that he didn't > code into it. The Computone devices are not in there, in spite of being > in the devices.txt file:
If there's problems with devfsd not putting in all the right compatibility symlinks, that's a bug that should be fixed. Send patches. I promise to intend to provide all compatibility links. I don't promise to be infallible (that incurs a surcharge).
P.S. please send devfs-related messages to devfs@oss.sgi.com instead of the kernel list. Just send "subscribe devfs" in the body to majordomo@oss.sgi.com
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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