Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel and udev

[Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

gentuxx wrote:

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>Hi all,
>
>I went to do my routine "emerge -Duptv world" and it came back with
>devfsd blocking gentoo-sources-2.6.13-r3.  I'm not sure whether I'm
>using udev now or not.  I remember compiling into the kernel last time
>I did a kernel compile.  Naturally, when I did the "emerge -Cpv
>devfsd" it complained that I was unemerging something in the system
>profile, and that it could damage my system.  So I just thought I
>would check here before hurting anything.  ;-)
>  
>

Take a look at the RC_DEVICES setting in /etc/conf.d/rc.  If that says 
"auto" or "udev", then you are using udev and can safely remove devfs.  
Another way to check is to look at the output of "mount | grep /dev".  
Here is what it says for me:

udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid)

If you are still using devfs, this will probably say "type devfs".

-Richard

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