From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261456AbVFZIXa (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:23:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261495AbVFZIXa (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:23:30 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:48139 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261456AbVFZIX1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:23:27 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:23:20 +0100 From: Russell King To: Greg KH Cc: Matt Mackall , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] ndevfs - a "nano" devfs Message-ID: <20050626092320.B14862@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Greg KH , Matt Mackall , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050624081808.GA26174@kroah.com> <20050625221516.GD14426@waste.org> <20050625234305.GA11282@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20050625234305.GA11282@kroah.com>; from greg@kroah.com on Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 04:43:05PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 04:43:05PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > What we really need is a short HOWTO that covers: > > > > - Do you really need a dynamic /dev? > > - How to embed a static /dev in your embedded kernel with initramfs > > - How to add a dynamic /dev to your kernel with udev > > Yes, I'm going to start working with some of the people who really know > this stuff (the distro developers who make the whole dynamic boot and > early boot process work correctly) and we will hash out a coheirant > future together, and document it all really well. I hope "distro developers" will include folk like Open Embedded developers rather than just targetting the Red Hat's, Debians and SuSE's ? -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core