From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932423AbVIKLop (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:44:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932440AbVIKLop (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:44:45 -0400 Received: from science.horizon.com ([192.35.100.1]:19510 "HELO science.horizon.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932423AbVIKLop (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:44:45 -0400 Date: 11 Sep 2005 07:44:35 -0400 Message-ID: <20050911114435.5990.qmail@science.horizon.com> From: linux@horizon.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.13 Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I'll bite - what distros are shipping a kernel 2.6.10 or later and still > using devfs? Debian. The current Debian installer is unfortunately rather tightly coupled to devfs; the reasons for choosing it are rooted in boot floppy size, but the development ("unstable") install image uses 2.6.12 + devfs. I just had to do a little dance to install it on a machine where 2.6.12 didn't recognize the SATA controller but 2.6.13 counldn't run the installer. Note that Debian doesn't need devfs in normal operation; it's just a bootstrapping tool.