On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 06:32:11PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Bryan Kadzban wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 03:17:31PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> Ken Moffat wrote: > >>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:11:06AM -0800, Bryan Kadzban wrote: > >>>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 05:56:37PM +0100, Armin K. wrote: > >>>>> This also might be related that my kernel is built with > >>>>> CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y kernel option. Someone please verify before > >>>>> taking action, if any. > >>>> > >>>> My machine does *not* mount devtmpfs automatically; the bootscripts (and > >>>> specifically mountkernfs) are required. Which means that init=/bin/bash > >>>> won't work without the static files, as the book says. :-) > >>>> > >>> > >>> Devtmpfs has been in the book, on the kernel page in chapter 8, > >>> since LFS-7.1 and I agree with Armin that the newly-installed system > >>> doesn't need /dev/console or /dev/null. > > > > devtmpfs being enabled (which is what's in chapter 8) does *NOT* mean > > that devtmpfs will be mounted by the kernel (which is not mentioned in > > the book at all). > > Yes, but there is CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT. Can also be enabled with > devtmpfs.mount=1
Yes, the option exists. But I don't agree that removing the static device nodes is a good idea, because this is an option, and I don't think we should force everyone to turn it on. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
