From: Balram Adlakha <b_adlakha@softhome.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: wodecki@gmx.de
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test1 devfs question
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 00:23:25 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030725185325.GA3944@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
>Hello,
>I'm currently running at 2.6.0-test1-mm2-O8 and I wanted to give devfs a
>shot. I recompiled the kernel with the following settings:
>CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
>CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y
># CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
>As I read through the documentation (btw, devfs=nomount is mentioned in
>configure help but not in Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options)
>I got the understanding that this shouldn't make any difference to the
>system right? After booting with this kernel there were lots of proper
>devfs devices in my dmesg (host0/ide0... scsi0/...) however, the system
>didn't came up (couldn't mount rootfs). It didn't even work when I
>enabled CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT.
>I'm not sure whether this is a bug in mount/nomount of devfs or if it's
>somewhere my fault/setup (root on raid1, various lvm2 devices on raid1/0
>devices)
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You need to change your /etc/fstab to reflect the new devfs device names,
ex: "/dev/discs/disc0/part1" instead of "/dev/hda1". You can also use devfsd (or some alternative) to make synlinks to the older devices and retain permissions etc... Also, without devfsd you cannot expect module autoloading as modules can't be automatically loaded when theres no device requesting them (in this case the device simply doesn't exist until module is loaded)
next reply other threads:[~2003-07-25 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-25 18:53 Balram Adlakha [this message]
2003-07-26 10:45 ` 2.6.0-test1 devfs question Wiktor Wodecki
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2003-07-26 20:35 ` Wiktor Wodecki
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2003-07-28 7:13 "Andrey Borzenkov"
2003-07-28 7:22 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-26 19:51 Andrey Borzenkov
2003-07-26 20:50 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-26 22:30 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2003-07-27 8:58 ` Daniele Venzano
2003-07-25 11:08 Wiktor Wodecki
2003-07-25 11:18 ` Wiktor Wodecki
2003-07-26 11:12 ` Daniele Venzano
2003-07-26 18:25 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-27 11:17 ` Alan Cox
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