Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> Yes I know this. Actually, booting with "devfs=nomount s" is the only
> way to update the boot record with lilo and my existing lilo.conf.
i can't do that on my box, /dev is only a mount point for devfs.
assuming your /dev directory is dirty from something else than
:-> "Pierre" == Pierre Rousselet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> /dev is mounted at boot time by the kernel (CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y).
> The system boots and runs without devfsd. You just can't start any
> process calling for non-existing device under /dev and not created
> by
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> I can't see how this can affect performance/funtionality of
> devfsd. Can you try to stop the daemon and restart it to see if
> continues to work as before ?
/dev is mounted at boot time by the kernel (CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y).
The system boots and runs without devfsd.
:-> "Pierre" == Pierre Rousselet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>> 48 ?S 0:00 /sbin/devfsd /dev
> on my box devfsd has pid 15, it comes just after the [kdaems]
> and it works with 2.4.x
I can't see how this can affect
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>48 ?S 0:00 /sbin/devfsd /dev
on my box devfsd has pid 15, it comes just after the [kdaems]
1 ?S 0:04 init
2 ?SW 0:00 [keventd]
3 ?SW 0:00 [kapm-idled]
4 ?SW 0:00 [kswapd]
5 ?
It happened with 2.4.0, it continues to happen with 2.4.1 too
root@penny:~ # ps -ax|grep devfs
48 ?S 0:00 /sbin/devfsd /dev
6300 pts/0S 0:00 grep devfs
root@penny:~ # cd /dev
root@penny:/dev # ls
Segmentation fault
root@penny:/dev # ps -ax|grep devfs
6309 pts/0S
It happened with 2.4.0, it continues to happen with 2.4.1 too
root@penny:~ # ps -ax|grep devfs
48 ?S 0:00 /sbin/devfsd /dev
6300 pts/0S 0:00 grep devfs
root@penny:~ # cd /dev
root@penny:/dev # ls
Segmentation fault
root@penny:/dev # ps -ax|grep devfs
6309 pts/0S
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
48 ?S 0:00 /sbin/devfsd /dev
on my box devfsd has pid 15, it comes just after the [kdaems]
1 ?S 0:04 init
2 ?SW 0:00 [keventd]
3 ?SW 0:00 [kapm-idled]
4 ?SW 0:00 [kswapd]
5 ?
:- "Pierre" == Pierre Rousselet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
48 ?S 0:00 /sbin/devfsd /dev
on my box devfsd has pid 15, it comes just after the [kdaems]
and it works with 2.4.x
I can't see how this can affect performance/funtionality of
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
I can't see how this can affect performance/funtionality of
devfsd. Can you try to stop the daemon and restart it to see if
continues to work as before ?
/dev is mounted at boot time by the kernel (CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y).
The system boots and runs without devfsd. You
:- "Pierre" == Pierre Rousselet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
/dev is mounted at boot time by the kernel (CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y).
The system boots and runs without devfsd. You just can't start any
process calling for non-existing device under /dev and not created
by devfsd. For
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
Yes I know this. Actually, booting with "devfs=nomount s" is the only
way to update the boot record with lilo and my existing lilo.conf.
i can't do that on my box, /dev is only a mount point for devfs.
assuming your /dev directory is dirty from something else than
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