Bug 312

Summary:	Need 2.2 kernel
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) <g2boojum>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) <g2boojum>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	dberkholz
Priority:	High
Version:	1.0 RC6 r14
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-01-24 10:10:17 UTC

Given all of the 2.4 issues, we really should have a 2.2 kernel in the tree, and
probably it's own profile.  I'm not sure of the status of devfs wrt the 2.2 
series; has anybody tested current Gentoo w/o devfs to make sure everything is 
working correctly?

Comment 1 Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-01-26 12:57:23 UTC

Okay, it's easy enough to compile a 2.2 kernel w/ devfs compiled in.
Unfortunately, tmpfs doesn't exist.  It wouldn't be hard to modify
/sbin/rc so that a ramdisk is created if the tmpfs mount fails, but
I don't know that it can be mounted on /dev/shm since devfs won't create
it.  At least, when I tried to mount it it failed.  Any suggestions?

Comment 2 Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-02-24 20:48:45 UTC

Karltk wants a 2.0 kernel, too.  Thank goodness UML is working for me!

It looks like /sbin/rc needs to be edited to mount a ramdisk instead
of tmpfs, and runscript.sh will need to have the mount point modified.

Comment 3 Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-02-28 12:16:35 UTC

Done.  Needs the forthcoming baselayout to work properly.