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Re: PCMCIA and devfs

To: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PCMCIA and devfs
From: "Manfred W. Baumstark" <maba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:16:25 +0100
Organization: Medizinische Universitaetsklink Freiburg
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102151943470.18171-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
My devfsd.conf file is unmodified from "devfsd-v1.3.11" and looks like you
suggest. And devfsd is loaded:

[maba@asus03 maba]$ ps -ef | grep devfs
root        24     1  0 20:48 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/devfsd /dev
maba       822   813  0 20:50 pts/0    00:00:00 grep devfs

In my /dev there are a lot of compatibility entries. There must be a
problem with autoloading the ide-cd driver. If I maually load the cd driver
by "modprobe ide-cd" I can mount the cd. The mouse problem is only minor,
as the mouse works in X. I nearly never need gpm. Once I have found the
config-file for gpm I will change it to use /dev/psaux as the devfs FAQ
suggests ;-).

Manfred 

linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Manfred W. Baumstark wrote:
> 
> > ide-cd" I get /dev/cdroms/cdrom* and /dev/hdb but not /dev/cdrom. How can I
> > generate this entry?
> >
> > The same with /dev/mouse. I would like to have a symlink /dev/mouse -->
> > /dev/psaux.
> 
> Ensure you have devfsd in memory:
> [root@jeremi ipv4]# ps auxw | grep devfsd | grep -v grep
> root        35  0.0  0.2  1184  528 ?        S    Feb09   0:00 devfsd /dev
> 
> and check /etc/devfsd.conf that you have autoloading uncommented
> 
> # Enable module autoloading. You may comment this out if you don't use
> # autoloading
> LOOKUP          .*              MODLOAD
> 
> (modprobe? whats modprobe? ;)
> and uncommented:
> 
> # Enable full compatibility mode for old device names. You may comment
> these
> # out if you don't use the old device names. Make sure you know what
> you're
> # doing!
> REGISTER        .*              MKOLDCOMPAT
> UNREGISTER      .*              RMOLDCOMPAT
> 
> there is one more file which defines what modules to autoload depending on
> what you are trying to finger in /dev directory:
> /etc/modules.devfs
> but that one should be left unchanged , its better to make sure that
> aliases in modules.conf are defined correctly
>

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