--------------------
A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
-accessible as both a devfs regular file and as a normal (misc)
-character device. If you are not using devfs you may need to:
+accessible as a normal (misc) character device. If you are not using
+udev you may need to:
mkdir /dev/cpu
mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
udev
----
udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
-only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces devfs.
+only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces the basic
+functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
+devices.
FUSE
----
enable it to operate over diverse media layers. If you use PPP,
upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
-If you are not using devfs, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
+If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
which can be made by:
mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
as root.
-If you use devfsd and build ppp support as modules, you will need
-the following in your /etc/devfsd.conf file:
-
-LOOKUP PPP MODLOAD
-
Isdn4k-utils
------------
</sect1>
</chapter>
- <chapter id="devfs">
- <title>The Device File System</title>
-!Efs/devfs/base.c
- </chapter>
-
<chapter id="sysfs">
<title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title>
!Efs/sysfs/file.c
terms are in use in the Mylex documentation; I have chosen to standardize on
the more generic "Logical Drive" and "Drive Group".
-DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the Device File System
-(DEVFS). The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C is
-referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
+DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the obsolete Device File
+System (DEVFS). The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C
+is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
through /dev/rd/cCdDp7. For example, partition 3 of Logical Drive 5 on
Controller 2 is referred to as /dev/rd/c2d5p3. Note that unlike with SCSI
disks the device names will not change in the event of a disk drive failure.
as the last process has closed it, all data is freed and /dev/initrd
can't be opened anymore.
- root=/dev/ram0 (without devfs)
- root=/dev/rd/0 (with devfs)
+ root=/dev/ram0
initrd is mounted as root, and the normal boot procedure is followed,
with the RAM disk still mounted as root.
procedure should create the /initrd directory.
If initrd will not be mounted in some cases, its content is still
-accessible if the following device has been created (note that this
-does not work if using devfs):
+accessible if the following device has been created:
# mknod /dev/initrd b 1 250
# chmod 400 /dev/initrd
(if space is critical, you may want to use the Minix FS instead of Ext2)
3) mount the file system, e.g.
# mount -t ext2 -o loop initrd /mnt
- 4) create the console device (not necessary if using devfs, but it can't
- hurt to do it anyway):
+ 4) create the console device:
# mkdir /mnt/dev
# mknod /mnt/dev/console c 5 1
5) copy all the files that are needed to properly use the initrd
root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw
-if not using devfs, or
-
- root=/dev/rd/0 init=/linuxrc rw
-
-if using devfs. (rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file
-system.)
+(rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file system.)
With LOADLIN, you simply execute
# exec chroot . what-follows <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1
Where what-follows is a program under the new root, e.g. /sbin/init
-If the new root file system will be used with devfs and has no valid
-/dev directory, devfs must be mounted before invoking chroot in order to
-provide /dev/console.
+If the new root file system will be used with udev and has no valid
+/dev directory, udev must be initialized before invoking chroot in order
+to provide /dev/console.
Note: implementation details of pivot_root may change with time. In order
to ensure compatibility, the following points should be observed:
disk can be freed:
# umount /initrd
-# blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0 # /dev/rd/0 if using devfs
+# blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0
It is also possible to use initrd with an NFS-mounted root, see the
pivot_root(8) man page for details.
'c' 00-7F linux/comstats.h conflict!
'c' 00-7F linux/coda.h conflict!
'd' 00-FF linux/char/drm/drm/h conflict!
-'d' 00-1F linux/devfs_fs.h conflict!
'd' 00-DF linux/video_decoder.h conflict!
'd' F0-FF linux/digi1.h
'e' all linux/digi1.h conflict!
APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled.
AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
CD Appropriate CD support is enabled.
- DEVFS devfs support is enabled.
DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled
EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
- devfs= [DEVFS]
- See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options.
-
dhash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
* numbers 0-255 we get a maximum of 32 disks.
*/
#define VIOD_GENHD_NAME "iseries/vd"
-#define VIOD_GENHD_DEVFS_NAME "iseries/disc"
#define VIOD_VERS "1.64"
#include <asm/iseries/vio.h>
#define VIOCD_DEVICE "iseries/vcd"
-#define VIOCD_DEVICE_DEVFS "iseries/vcd"
#define VIOCD_VERS "1.06"
bioset_free(dm_set);
if (unregister_blkdev(_major, _name) < 0)
- DMERR("devfs_unregister_blkdev failed");
+ DMERR("unregister_blkdev failed");
_major = 0;
int revision;
-#if 0
- devfs_handle_t stc_devfs_handle;
-#endif
-
struct dvb_frontend* fe;
};
return -ENODEV;
}
-#if 0
- ttusb->stc_devfs_handle =
- devfs_register(ttusb->adapter->devfs_handle, TTUSB_BUDGET_NAME,
- DEVFS_FL_DEFAULT, 0, 192,
- S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP
- | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH, &stc_fops, ttusb);
-#endif
usb_set_intfdata(intf, (void *) ttusb);
frontend_init(ttusb);
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