[gentoo-user] How do I use 2.6.14 and remove udev and go back to devfs

["Daevid Vincent" <daevid@daevid.com>]

I've been running 2.6.10 for some time. Then I started reading some stuff
that I should update my Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook to UDEV. So I followed
the gentoo wiki page and used kernel 2.6.13. This caused (known) issues with
my nvidia driver and I couldn't get the USB mouse to work (yet the alps pad
AND track point both worked fine). I didn't know what else was going to not
work, so I said the hell with this as I'd already wasted enough time and
went back to my old kernel image (until the udev people get their shit
together and this is more stable).

I unmerged 'udev'

I re-emerged devfsd

Things were generally working fine (with 2.6.10)

Tonight I tried to make a new 2.6.14 kernel (using make oldconfig) and when
it booted, there was some message that I don't have DEVFS or UDEV installed
and so many things didn't work including sound, nvidia, wireless, etc.

I re-read the udev wiki page and tried to find the 'make menuconfig' options
they suggest and can't find them. I also grepped my .config for both "UDEV"
and "DEVFS" and found nothing. WTF!

How do I use the good old devfs with the 2.6.14+ kernels?! Where are the
freakin' settings? What do I need to change/fix to get it to work again.
UGH!

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