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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Changes | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/README.DAC960 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/initrd.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ioctl-number.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 |
6 files changed, 17 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index b02f476c2973..488272074c36 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ Intel IA32 microcode -------------------- A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode, -accessible as both a devfs regular file and as a normal (misc) -character device. If you are not using devfs you may need to: +accessible as a normal (misc) character device. If you are not using +udev you may need to: mkdir /dev/cpu mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184 @@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ with programs using shared memory. udev ---- udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with -only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces devfs. +only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces the basic +functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for +devices. FUSE ---- @@ -231,18 +233,13 @@ The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to enable it to operate over diverse media layers. If you use PPP, upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0. -If you are not using devfs, you must have the device file /dev/ppp +If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp which can be made by: mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 as root. -If you use devfsd and build ppp support as modules, you will need -the following in your /etc/devfsd.conf file: - -LOOKUP PPP MODLOAD - Isdn4k-utils ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl index 3630a0d7695f..1ae4dc0fd856 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl @@ -348,11 +348,6 @@ X!Earch/i386/kernel/mca.c </sect1> </chapter> - <chapter id="devfs"> - <title>The Device File System</title> -!Efs/devfs/base.c - </chapter> - <chapter id="sysfs"> <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title> !Efs/sysfs/file.c diff --git a/Documentation/README.DAC960 b/Documentation/README.DAC960 index 98ea617a0dd6..0e8f618ab534 100644 --- a/Documentation/README.DAC960 +++ b/Documentation/README.DAC960 @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ also known as "System Drives", and Drive Groups are also called "Packs". Both terms are in use in the Mylex documentation; I have chosen to standardize on the more generic "Logical Drive" and "Drive Group". -DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the Device File System -(DEVFS). The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C is -referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1 +DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the obsolete Device File +System (DEVFS). The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C +is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1 through /dev/rd/cCdDp7. For example, partition 3 of Logical Drive 5 on Controller 2 is referred to as /dev/rd/c2d5p3. Note that unlike with SCSI disks the device names will not change in the event of a disk drive failure. diff --git a/Documentation/initrd.txt b/Documentation/initrd.txt index 7de1c80cd719..b1b6440237a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/initrd.txt +++ b/Documentation/initrd.txt @@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ initrd adds the following new options: as the last process has closed it, all data is freed and /dev/initrd can't be opened anymore. - root=/dev/ram0 (without devfs) - root=/dev/rd/0 (with devfs) + root=/dev/ram0 initrd is mounted as root, and the normal boot procedure is followed, with the RAM disk still mounted as root. @@ -90,8 +89,7 @@ you're building an install floppy), the root file system creation procedure should create the /initrd directory. If initrd will not be mounted in some cases, its content is still -accessible if the following device has been created (note that this -does not work if using devfs): +accessible if the following device has been created: # mknod /dev/initrd b 1 250 # chmod 400 /dev/initrd @@ -119,8 +117,7 @@ We'll describe the loopback device method: (if space is critical, you may want to use the Minix FS instead of Ext2) 3) mount the file system, e.g. # mount -t ext2 -o loop initrd /mnt - 4) create the console device (not necessary if using devfs, but it can't - hurt to do it anyway): + 4) create the console device: # mkdir /mnt/dev # mknod /mnt/dev/console c 5 1 5) copy all the files that are needed to properly use the initrd @@ -152,12 +149,7 @@ have to be given: root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw -if not using devfs, or - - root=/dev/rd/0 init=/linuxrc rw - -if using devfs. (rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file -system.) +(rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file system.) With LOADLIN, you simply execute @@ -217,9 +209,9 @@ following command: # exec chroot . what-follows <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1 Where what-follows is a program under the new root, e.g. /sbin/init -If the new root file system will be used with devfs and has no valid -/dev directory, devfs must be mounted before invoking chroot in order to -provide /dev/console. +If the new root file system will be used with udev and has no valid +/dev directory, udev must be initialized before invoking chroot in order +to provide /dev/console. Note: implementation details of pivot_root may change with time. In order to ensure compatibility, the following points should be observed: @@ -236,7 +228,7 @@ Now, the initrd can be unmounted and the memory allocated by the RAM disk can be freed: # umount /initrd -# blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0 # /dev/rd/0 if using devfs +# blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0 It is also possible to use initrd with an NFS-mounted root, see the pivot_root(8) man page for details. diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt index 1543802ef53e..edc04d74ae23 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt @@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments 'c' 00-7F linux/comstats.h conflict! 'c' 00-7F linux/coda.h conflict! 'd' 00-FF linux/char/drm/drm/h conflict! -'d' 00-1F linux/devfs_fs.h conflict! 'd' 00-DF linux/video_decoder.h conflict! 'd' F0-FF linux/digi1.h 'e' all linux/digi1.h conflict! diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 2e352a605fcf..bf5d2cd6a56e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ parameter is applicable: APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. CD Appropriate CD support is enabled. - DEVFS devfs support is enabled. DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled @@ -440,9 +439,6 @@ running once the system is up. Format: <area>[,<node>] See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. - devfs= [DEVFS] - See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options. - dhash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. |