From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to run 2.6.25 kernel (no DEVTMPFS)?
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:21:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ0EP42t_+T7DoN5t-rq-e+Q1aSroUr8RJiWN4vxR9kVTQL_og@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ldm0ro$a41$1@ger.gmane.org>
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Grant Edwards
<grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to do some testing with kernels as far back as 2.6.25. I've
> currently got a Gentoo box that can build and run kernels ranging from
> 3.14.rc2 to 2.6.32. There are various gcc and make issues which have
> been successfully dealt with, but now I'm stuck on DEVTMPFS.
>
> Prior to 2.6.32 DEVTMPFS isn't available, so even though I can build
> and boot a 2.6.25 kernel, udev craps out.
>
> There are plenty of spare paritions to play with, so doing a Linux
> install to test with kernels older than 2.6.32 is no problem.
>
> I'm wondering if instead of downloading an old Ubuntu or Fedora DVD,
> is there any way to install an "old" version of Gentoo that will work
> with pre-DEVTMPFS kernels?
>
Do you actually need udev? If you can get away with just having a
static /dev with pre-created device nodes, that would be the simplest
solution.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-14 21:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-14 21:12 [gentoo-user] How to run 2.6.25 kernel (no DEVTMPFS)? Grant Edwards
2014-02-14 21:21 ` Mike Gilbert [this message]
2014-02-14 21:31 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2014-02-14 22:00 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-02-14 22:15 ` Kerin Millar
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