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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-29 17:19:21 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-29 17:19:21 -0400
commit602cada851b28c5792339786efe872fbdc1f5d41 (patch)
tree233d474b74d6038b5bb54a07ad91dd1bb10b0218 /Documentation/Changes
parent82991c6f2c361acc17279b8124d9bf1878973435 (diff)
parentfee68d1cc0d9bd863e51c16cdcd707737b16bb38 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/devfs-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/devfs-2.6: (22 commits) [PATCH] devfs: Remove it from the feature_removal.txt file [PATCH] devfs: Last little devfs cleanups throughout the kernel tree. [PATCH] devfs: Rename TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS to TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV [PATCH] devfs: Remove the tty_driver devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the line_driver devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the videodevice devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the gendisk devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the miscdevice devfs_name field as it's no longer needed [PATCH] devfs: Remove the devfs_fs_kernel.h file from the tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_remove() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_cdev() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_bdev() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_symlink() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_mk_dir() function from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs_*_tape() functions from the kernel tree [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the sound subsystem [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the ide subsystem. [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs support from the serial subsystem [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs from the init code [PATCH] devfs: Remove devfs from the partition code ...
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@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ Intel IA32 microcode
181-------------------- 181--------------------
182 182
183A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode, 183A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
184accessible as both a devfs regular file and as a normal (misc) 184accessible as a normal (misc) character device. If you are not using
185character device. If you are not using devfs you may need to: 185udev you may need to:
186 186
187mkdir /dev/cpu 187mkdir /dev/cpu
188mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184 188mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ with programs using shared memory.
201udev 201udev
202---- 202----
203udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with 203udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
204only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces devfs. 204only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces the basic
205functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
206devices.
205 207
206FUSE 208FUSE
207---- 209----
@@ -231,18 +233,13 @@ The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
231enable it to operate over diverse media layers. If you use PPP, 233enable it to operate over diverse media layers. If you use PPP,
232upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0. 234upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
233 235
234If you are not using devfs, you must have the device file /dev/ppp 236If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
235which can be made by: 237which can be made by:
236 238
237mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 239mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
238 240
239as root. 241as root.
240 242
241If you use devfsd and build ppp support as modules, you will need
242the following in your /etc/devfsd.conf file:
243
244LOOKUP PPP MODLOAD
245
246Isdn4k-utils 243Isdn4k-utils
247------------ 244------------
248 245