Author: dannf Date: Wed Nov 15 00:53:43 2006 New Revision: 7803 Modified: dists/etch/etch-release-notes Log: add a warning about devfs support removal, though it really could use better instructions to help devfs users migrate to udev
Modified: dists/etch/etch-release-notes ============================================================================== --- dists/etch/etch-release-notes (original) +++ dists/etch/etch-release-notes Wed Nov 15 00:53:43 2006 @@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ for the first time, you must use initramfs-tools. yaird will cause linux-image-2.6 installations to fail when running on a 2.2 or 2.4 kernel. +devfs deprecated +---------------- +etch no longer provides support for devfs. It is recommended that users +transition to udev for dynamic /dev management. Debian kernels not longer +include support for devfs, so devfs users will need to manually convert their +systems before upgrading to an etch kernel. + +If you see the string 'devfs' in /proc/mounts, you are likely using devfs. +Any config files that reference devfs style names will need to be adjusted +to use udev style names. Files that are most likely to refer to devfs style +device names include /etc/fstab, /etc/lilo.conf, /boot/grub/menu.lst, etc. + <arch=!hppa,!amd64> 2.2/2.4 Linux kernels no longer supported ----------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Kernel-svn-changes mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel-svn-changes
