Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

[Pollywog <croak@shadypond.com>]

I am confused.	Is there some stuff I need to read in order to
prepare for this change in my favorite OS?
Just tell me what I need to read and I will get right on it.  If I
have to migrate, I need a map :)

--
Andrew

On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 15:46:13 -0900, Ethan Benson said:

> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:16PM -0600, Jason Holland wrote:
>  > Devfs has a compatibility mode which can be turned on.  it enables the old
>  > device paths, like /dev/hda4, to coexist with the new paths, though mount
>  > will report the new path.
>  
>  it does that though a kludge daemon.  the same kludge required to
>  allow chown/chgrp/chmod to work.
>  
>  that is unacceptable,  the only acceptable option is to allow:
>  
>  CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n