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SubjectRe: devfsd/2.6.0-test1
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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