On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 03:09:54PM -0500, Kris Van Hees wrote: > I worked on a RO / before (presented briefly at SHARE in TN), and > unfortunately Linux has (or had - they may have fixed it) a C library that > usesthe Unix domain socket /dev/log for syslog handling, and that one is > created dynamically at each boot. The introduction of devfs and possible > changes to glibc may have removed that limitation (which would be a GOOD > thing).
devfs solves this of course, but even without it, there are other ways to approach the problem. For example, using a ramdisk or other storage for the full /dev, keeping only a minimal, static /dev on the real root filesystem. devfs seems to work fine on s390, though, so that seems like the most straightforward solution. -- - mdz
