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 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 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 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

kernel, devfs and /proc/partitions question.

2003-12-16 Thread Sven Luther
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 was that when doing that, and booting the kernel with no special option