Re: OFF TOPIC: Linux Kernel Question

[servis@purdue.edu]

*- Jens Lisner wrote about "OFF TOPIC: Linux Kernel Question"
| 
| I've found features in the kernel-source (2.0.35), partially undocumented.
| 
| There seems to be a module for automounting filesystems, working together
| with the automount deb-package. It is not present in menuconfig, etc. Why?
| Is it safe to use it? And how to use it?
| 

- Under "Code maturity level options" select 
  "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers".

- Then under "Filesystems" select "Kernel automounter support (experimental)".

- Then recompile and reboot after installing the kernel and updating
  lilo or loadlin or whatever.

- Install the autofs deb package.

- RTFM: man autofs, man auto.master, man auto.misc, cd /usr/doc/autofs

Yes it is safe to use.

| There is code for identification of Cyrix processors present (nearly the
| same as in the cyrix-patch from www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix). But it
| does not seem to work. Why?
| 

Sorry, can't help with this one.

-- 
Brian 
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