From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NocS3-00016v-RV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:52:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1372EE09A6; Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:52:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blingymail-a1.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D715EE09A6 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:52:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.110] (smtp.media-brokers.com [70.43.81.99]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blingymail-a1.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F49E5CDFD for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:52:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B94F30A.8020604@libertytrek.org> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:52:26 -0500 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081209 Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.31-r6 - where is hot-pluggable device support for udev? References: <4B92AB22.5050409@libertytrek.org> <4B93B4E0.5030902@f_philipp.fastmail.net> In-Reply-To: <4B93B4E0.5030902@f_philipp.fastmail.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8a5c8ef3-f861-45d4-b2c5-d25ecb62edd3 X-Archives-Hash: a8db2187bf36031c05f9a304e08aa930 On 2010-03-07 9:14 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: > Tanstaafl schrieb: >> The Gentoo udev guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml) says >> specifically to make sure that: >> >> 'General setup ---> >> [*] Support for hot-pluggable devices' >> >> is enabled, but I didn't have this option available (the others were >> already enabled) when I did 'make menuconfig'. >> >> I did find it (or one named the same) under: >> >> 'Configure standard kernel features (for small systems) --->' >> >> But when that is enabled, 'Namespaces support' is automatically disabled. > I cannot reproduce the deactivation of 'Namespaces support' by simply > activating 'Support for hot-pluggable devices' here > (2.6.31-tuxonice-r7). In any case, you won't need Namespaces. I always copy my old .config from my previous kernel and run make menuconfig, so the new kernel will inherit all identical options from the previous kernel, leaving only new/changed ones to be verified. This new kernel had 'Namespaces support' enabled and 'Configure standard kernel features (for smaller systems) disabled by default. The 'Support for hot-pluggable devices' - along with a bunch of others, *all marked (NEW)* (presumable because they've been moved?) - was a *sub* option under the main option 'Configure standard kernel features (for smaller systems)', which was *disabled* by default, and the first time I enabled this, the 'Namespaces support' option was automatically disabled - however I could re-enable it and 'configure standard...' stayed enabled. I'm not comfortable at all in kernel land and don't make changes lightly, relying heavily on guides, google and the knowledge of others, so I was concerned because usually when something is enabled by default in a kernel, it is for a reason. Also - the '(for smaller systems)' is similar to the 'for embedded systems' reference, which contributed to my doubt... > Please also file a bug about this little documentation issue. Done: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308453 Thanks, -- Charles