Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:39:24 -0400 (EDT) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: devfsd/2.6.0-test1 |
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On 17 Jul 2003, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 11:17, Mark Watts wrote:
> > I'm running devfs on a 2.6.0-test1 box (Mandrake 9.1 with the new kernel) > > > > Every time I boot, it complains that I don't have an /etc/modprobe.devfs. > > If I symlink modules.devfs, I get a wad of errors about 'probeall'. > > What should a modprobe.devfs look like for a 2.5/6 kernel? > > > > The module-init-tools tarball should include one.
Agreed, it should. However, the last version I pulled had zero support for probeall, and more importantly for probe, which is somewhat harder to do cleanly without having to rewrite the config file for each kernel you boot.
I assume someone will need to write a functional config parser which handles these features before 2.6 is seriously ready for production. Giving up the ability to find the working module for a device would be a step back, and is needed to allow booting with changing configurations, such as docked or not laptops, PCMCIA cards inserted, various hardware such as printers and scanners attached, etc.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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