From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23266 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 01:27:50 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 01:27:50 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CalBm-0007up-EE for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 01:27:50 +0000 Received: (qmail 27407 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 01:27:34 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 18313 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 01:27:34 +0000 From: Jerry McBride Organization: TEAM GENTOO To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:27:19 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <20041203115935.AFE1.NICK@rout.co.nz> <200412041205.24140.mcbrides9@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200412042027.19666.mcbrides9@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new 2004.3 system - to devfs or not to devfs, that is the question X-Archives-Salt: 8f3a64af-acb4-40b6-8e67-f3d8f035ef96 X-Archives-Hash: e53b40062bdcb025408ab48f4ce36b7c On Saturday 04 December 2004 07:19 pm, Collins Richey wrote: > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:05:23 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote: > > >What should I do? > > > > One of the first things I do, after installing Gentoo, is dumpboth devfs > > and udev. After running MAKEDEV, there's no more problems working with > > devices... > > True enough for now, but eventually the kernel developers will force > you to udev, so my very humble opinion is, get used to udev. I have the belief and hopes that when the kernel forced udev upon me, it'll be fully operational, no bugs. Until that time, I refuse to do anymore debug testing for the kernel developers... :') -- ****************************************************************************** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! 8:20pm up 56 days, 4:06, 8 users, load average: 0.10, 0.14, 0.09 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list