[Bastian Blank] > we discuss some time about using devfs in the installed system to > avoid mapping the devices which may break things. s390 currently > uses devfs and don't have any problems with it. > devfs is available after the feature freeze of linux 2.6 so it seems > to be availble with this version.
Enabling devfs by default it debian would make a few things in the installer easier - no need to map device names from devfs used by d-i into old style /dev/ names used in /target/. - Programs in /target/ using devices can use the same config when running within d-i and in 'chroot /target'. It would also make a few things in Debian easier: - LVM would work out of the box - USB devices would work out of the box - The devices would no longer change name when inserting new devices, /dev/sdc would no longer move to /dev/sdd when inserting a new hard drive earlier in the SCSI chain It might give us a few new problems: - Some platforms do not have working devfs support. drop or add workaround? - Will all kernel devices handle devfs properly? In skolelinux, we have enabled devfs by default (by using devfsd) to get LVM working. We haven't experienced any problems yet. I believe enabling devfs by default in Debian would be a good thing to do. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
