devfsd error

["Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon@ai.mit.edu>]

Hi,

I decided to try actually using the devfs I compiled into my kernel
(2.4.1), rather than just mounting it out of the way and poking
around, but:

First it complained about no /dev/.devfsd file, couldn't find what to
put in it (though I found some mention of it), so i just touched the
file.

then:

[jon@amergin devfsd]$ sudo /etc/init.d/devfsd start
Setting up symlinks in /dev...done.
Setting up extra devices in /dev...done.
Starting devfsd...Error getting protocol revision       Inappropriate
ioctl for device


What's that about?
-Jon