Bug 53512

Summary:	Guide requires /dev fs which is obsolete for the 2.6 kernel
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Quitch <quitchy>
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	VERIFIED LATER
Severity:	minor	CC:	tor.klingberg
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Quitch 2004-06-10 05:13:30 UTC

The Gentoo Handbook tells you to install the /dev fs during the manual configuration of the kernel.  However, as of the 2.6 kernel this file system has become obsolete and there is no reason to install it.  The handbook needs updating for the difference between 2.4 and 2.6 in this respect.

Comment 1 Sergey Kuleshov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-10 07:21:02 UTC

AFAIK the transition is not smooth enough atm. It's not just enough to change /dev to /udev in the kernel config.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-06-10 18:23:59 UTC

uhh i dont know what you mean by '/dev' and '/udev' but i'm going to assume you mean 'devfs' and 'udev' ...

Gentoo doesnt take the route many others do by creating a separate /udev directory ... but Sergey is correct in saying that simply disabling devfs is all you have to do

what *could* be done is mention the udev guide here:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml

Comment 3 Tobias Scherbaum (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-24 06:49:38 UTC

*** Bug 54763 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-07 10:54:53 UTC

I'll mark this as later as devfs will go away eventually, I suppose.

Comment 5 Marcelo Goes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-01-26 10:26:10 UTC

Closing this bug as per Josh's request in gentoo-doc's ML.