How to remove devfs

ender.wiggin · n00b Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 2

Hello,

I'd like to remove devfs. I have use it from installation to today. I use 2.4.26 kernel. How to recreate all device files I need?

thx e.

spb · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject:

If you don't want to use devfs, the best solution is to get a 2.6 kernel and use udev.

If you don't want either, or want to stick with 2.4, then you'll need to do the following:
(1) remove kernel support for it.
(2) edit /etc/conf.d/rc, and change RC_DEVFSD_STARTUP to "no"
(3) Re-create all your device nodes in your new, static-style /dev. For that, you'll need three things: 'man mknod', /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt, and a bit of patience. Or you could use the MAKEDEV script, but that will fill up /dev with any number of useless device files for hardware you don't have.