Re: kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Nick Lopez
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:46:38AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, > > I have some questions concerning the kernel and its devfs usage. > > If i understand correctly, all kernels used for debian-installer should > have the devfs built, but not the devfs-automount stuff loaded. FWIW, LVM tend

Re: kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:18:11PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:07:50PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > | Also, i think i fixed the kahlua.o missing symbol. Is this driver really > | used on powerpc ? It seems to be a Cyrix/mediaGX stuff. > > I have a machine that uses

Re: kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:14:31PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:46:38AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Furthermore. If devfs is not mounted, devfs should have no influence > > whatsoever on the running kernel, right ? > > Unfortunately devfs is a broken POS, so in 2.

Re: kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Cameron Patrick
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:07:50PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: | Also, i think i fixed the kahlua.o missing symbol. Is this driver really | used on powerpc ? It seems to be a Cyrix/mediaGX stuff. I have a machine that uses that module for audio. You're right, it's the onboard audio on Cyrix Media

Re: kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:46:38AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Furthermore. If devfs is not mounted, devfs should have no influence > whatsoever on the running kernel, right ? Unfortunately devfs is a broken POS, so in 2.4 it has quite a lot.. > The problem is that i am running the powerpc kernel

Re: kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:38:18PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Am Die, den 16.12.2003 schrieb Sven Luther um 11:46: > > Hello, > > > > I have some questions concerning the kernel and its devfs usage. > > > > If i understand correctly, all kernels used for debian-installer should > > have the

Re: kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Am Die, den 16.12.2003 schrieb Christoph Hellwig um 13:14: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:46:38AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > It's not correct, but expected. Better don't use devfs. (Yeah, I know > the d-i folks don't get it, but fortunately I hope I won't ever have to > reinstall Debian on this bo

Re: kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Am Die, den 16.12.2003 schrieb Sven Luther um 11:46: > Hello, > > I have some questions concerning the kernel and its devfs usage. > > If i understand correctly, all kernels used for debian-installer should > have the devfs built, but not the devfs-automount stuff loaded. > > My understanding wa