I usually compile my own kernels (using make-kpkg), but recently I decided to try a standard debian package of 2.6.14, since it was up before I got around to it. [This is from unstable]
It seems to work OK, but the weird thing is that I got a bunch of random useless device nodes in /dev as a result, and I'm not entirely sure where they're coming from. The main offender is ptys -- I use udev for my devices, and normally /dev/pts gets used for ptys, but with the new kernel there were suddenly about 10 zillion old-style pty-related device nodes -- /dev/[pt]ty[a-z][0-9] -- there are also a bunch of other random devices I don't want like /dev/ram[0-9]. Despite the presence of these old-style pty nodes, the system still seems to be using the new /dev/pts driver for actually making ptys (e.g., if I type "tty" in an emacs shell, it says "/dev/pts/1"), so they seem to be just some left over cruft. Where exactly are these created? Given that I'm using udev, I'm surprised that which kernel I have installed even makes a difference -- shouldn't device creation just be left up to udev? Is there a setting I should be setting but am not? i linux-image-2.6.14-1-686 2.6.14-2 i udev 0.072-2 Thanks, -Miles -- "Suppose He doesn't give a shit? Suppose there is a God but He just doesn't give a shit?" [George Carlin] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]