Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: devfsd/2.6.0-test1 | From | Martin Schlemmer <> | Date | 21 Jul 2003 00:48:56 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 19:17, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> > Well, it implements probeall in another fashion. Also, you might > > try /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf to convert a modules.conf to > > modprobe.conf syntax. > > modprobe.conf syntax is easy to implement but unfortunately PITA to use. > Exactly probe and probeall have been very helful in tracking module > dependencies. Now you have arbitrary shell line that is near to impossible to > parse in general. >
True.
> I added half-hearted support to mkinitrd and initscripts for Mandrake but it > will never be complete given the current situation. > > Also I fixed devfsd to correctly use modprobe.devfs or modules.devfs depending > on which kernel it runs on; patch has been sent both to lkml and devfs list > and is included in current Mandrake devfsd. >
As I have it in Gentoo, it is done modprobe side, but only because its less patches (as Rusty already added the changes to his hack, plus the modprobe.devfs I sent him).
> actually adding probe and probeall is trivial enough, I did not want to base > Mandrake packages on that to avoid incompatibility. >
Have you checked with Rusty yet if he will accept probe/probeall patches for module-init-tools ? I (IMHO) do not see why it should not be possible to add if its done cleanly, and do not break anything else.
> > Also, read the threads on the list about udev/hotplug - apparently > > devfsd is going out ... > > as long as you have memory-based /dev you need devfsd even if it is called > differently. >
I have not looked at it myself, but as far as I have it, you do not mount /dev, and just need udev/hotplug/libsysfs (not sure on libsysfs). Currently udev still call mknod, but I think Greg said he will fix that in the future.
Regards,
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Martin Schlemmer
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