From: Paul Collins <sneakums@zork.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: problems with devfsd compilation
Date: 02 Feb 2001 11:36:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6uy9vppb9e.fsf@zork.zork.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14969.45148.886179.74191@somanetworks.com>
Georg Nikodym (georgn@somanetworks.com) wrote:
> Also, RH7's /etc/rc.sysinit can already start devfsd automatically
> with the following line:
>
> [ -e /dev/.devfsd -a -x /sbin/devfsd ] && /sbin/devfsd /dev
>
> So, all you have to do is create an empty file /dev/.devfsd
That file is created by devfs itself, and is used for communication
with devfsd. What the check for that file accomplishes is to only
start devfsd if devfs is mounted.
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<sneakums@zork.net> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
< << <<< This used to be real-estate,
now it's only fields and trees. >>>> >>> >> >
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-02 11:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-01 18:37 problem " hiren_mehta
2001-02-01 18:44 ` Georg Nikodym
2001-02-01 18:45 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-02 6:25 ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-02-01 18:52 ` Georg Nikodym
2001-02-02 11:36 ` Paul Collins [this message]
2001-02-02 8:21 ` Michael B. Trausch
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