devfs patch for new kernels?

nirax · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: devfs patch for new kernels?

hi all,

are there patches available for the kernel trees to add devfs support after it will be dropped ?

greetings,
nirax
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:07 pm Post subject:

nirax,

Move with the times - update to udev. Its been the Gentoo default since 2005.0
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nirax · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject:

Hi neddy,

on my private computer no problem, but i have several test-servers running at work under gentoo linux which do not require any of the benefits of udev.
i would like to be able to upgrade to newer kernel if security issues are fixed, but dont want to have any of these devfs -> udev transition problems, or udev problems in general. devfs is for that environment just fitting.
at the end im test engineer, no system admin, so i wouldnt have the time to debug any transition related problems in detail on every of 12 servers that could be affected

greetings,
nirax
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject:

nirax,

I understand the issue. I don't know of a patch. devfs has been dropped from vanillia by Linus
You could probably make your own patch by doing a manual change by copying devfs to a 2.6.13 tree.
Thats probably as much work as a devfs->udev update.

You would need to do this every kernel update until something changed that broke it.

Do any other kernel branches keep devfs?
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nirax · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject:

hi neddy,

none that i know of. i just had a quick look on tow other branches but devfs is also already dropped.
maybe ill try switching to udev on one less important machine, see how its going and than move slowly one after the other.

greetings and thanks for the support,
nirax
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bollucks · l33t Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 606

Just let it go if you want new kernels. 2.4 is the only way you'll have devfs and a current (read secure) kernel.