Re: 2.6.14 kernel woes

[Chris Boot <bootc@bootc.net>]

On 28 Nov 2005, at 22:40, Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Monday 28 November 2005 11:44, Jim McCloskey wrote:
> > * David Baron (d_baron@012.net.il) wrote:
> >  |>  On Monday 28 November 2005 01:55, Jim McCloskey wrote:
> >  |>  > What version of udev are you running? The standard kernel
> >  |>  > documentation says that you should use nothing earlier and  
> > 058.
> >  |>  > Stable has 056,
> >  |>  >
> >  |>  > Jim
> >  |>
> >  |>  I have not made the jumpt as of yet. Never could figure out how
> >  |> to use it. Still doing devices, devfs the old-fashioned way. A
> >  |> probe and comvert script to set it up might help.
> >  |>
> >  |>  I was wondering: Do these kernels REQUIRE udev be used?
> >
> > I believe that you have to use udev from 2.6.14 on.
>
> This is not true.  I'm happily running 2.6.14.3, on an FC2 box, which
> pre-dates udev.  And its no problem at all.  Everything Just Works 
> (TM).

One thing you _cannot_ do is run devfs though, it's udev or  
statically managed /dev. devfs was removed in 2.6.13 I think.

HTH,
Chris

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