On 2014-02-14, Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Grant Edwards
><grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I need to do some testing with kernels as far back as 2.6.25.  I've
>> currently got a Gentoo box that can build and run kernels ranging from
>> 3.14.rc2 to 2.6.32. There are various gcc and make issues which have
>> been successfully dealt with, but now I'm stuck on DEVTMPFS.
>>
>> Prior to 2.6.32 DEVTMPFS isn't available, so even though I can build
>> and boot a 2.6.25 kernel, udev craps out.
>>
>> There are plenty of spare paritions to play with, so doing a Linux
>> install to test with kernels older than 2.6.32 is no problem.
>>
>> I'm wondering if instead of downloading an old Ubuntu or Fedora DVD,
>> is there any way to install an "old" version of Gentoo that will work
>> with pre-DEVTMPFS kernels?
>
> Do you actually need udev?

Good question -- I probably don't.  For the testing in question I 
should be able to live with a static /dev directory.  Is there any
documentation on doing a Gentoo install without udev?

> If you can get away with just having a static /dev with pre-created
> device nodes, that would be the simplest solution.

It would probably be asking for too much to try to toggle between udev
and static /dev at boot time in a single installation...

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