| To: | Ed McKenzie <eem12@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: labels resolved (was Re: XFS volume labels) |
| From: | Tom Duffy <tduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sat, 7 Apr 2001 18:23:59 -0700 (PDT) |
| Cc: | <cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| In-reply-to: | <20010405020044.A1273@eem12.resnet.cornell.edu> |
| Sender: | owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
> My biggest problem is that devfs completely breaks module
> load-on-open. I have XFree86 set up to run on matroxfb, and with devfs
> enabled, its attempt to open /dev/fb0 returns ENOENT or some such
> instead of modprobing matroxfb_base. fb0 is an "old" name, sure, but
> there's nothing in /dev/fb to link to even if devfsd were that smart.
this is not entirely true...you can enable module autoloading by adding
the folowing line to your /etc/devfsd.conf
LOOKUP .* MODLOAD
and if you want the /dev/cdrom link, add the following line
LOOKUP ^cdrom$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink
${mntpnt}/cdroms/cdrom0 $devpath
-tduffy
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