Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Weinberger
Am 16.07.2013 21:29, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra: > Richard Weinberger wrote: >> http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/downloads.html > > I found a uml_utilities_20070815.tar.bz2. 2007, seriously? Is there > no interest in maintaining it? What patches are missing? Maintaining != Applying a pa

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Richard Weinberger wrote: > http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/downloads.html I found a uml_utilities_20070815.tar.bz2. 2007, seriously? Is there no interest in maintaining it? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vg

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Al Viro
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:42:55PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > Leave aside the fact that I could not find the uml-utils upstream [1], > and didn't have a /uml/port-helper to connect the xterms for a second; > I didn't even understand what was supposed to happen. Why do we spawn > xterms,

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Weinberger
Am 16.07.2013 20:12, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra: > Al Viro wrote: >> As for the devices, they are *not* bogus. RTFM, already. >> Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt, if you can't be bothered >> to say git grep UML Documentation/ and find where it on your own. The >> relevant secti

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Al Viro wrote: > As for the devices, they are *not* bogus. RTFM, already. > Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt, if you can't be bothered > to say git grep UML Documentation/ and find where it on your own. The > relevant section is called "Setting up serial lines and consoles". > Se

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Richard Weinberger wrote: > BTW: I'll not apply any patch to the kernel if the issue can easily > fixed in user space, that's the major reason for my NAK. I was just asking for good defaults; I want um Linux to work out-of-the-box. There's really no point in creating bogus devices in /dev, and ma

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Al Viro
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:36:25PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > Richard Weinberger wrote: > > If you don't want devtmpfs, just disable it in your config. > > I don't understand: is this not a good default? Why is creating bogus > devices, confusing systemd, and making um Linux hard to boo

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Weinberger
Am 16.07.2013 19:36, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra: > Richard Weinberger wrote: >> BTW: I'll not apply any patch to the kernel if the issue can easily >> fixed in user space, that's the major reason for my NAK. > > I was just asking for good defaults; I want um Linux to work > out-of-the-box. Ther

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Weinberger
Am 16.07.2013 19:31, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra: > Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: >> Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: >>> No, systemd does not have a hard dependency on devtmpfs. >> >> Wait, let me double-check that. > > Sorry about the stupidity; devtmpfs is very much a hard dependency. I > just reali

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: >> No, systemd does not have a hard dependency on devtmpfs. > > Wait, let me double-check that. Sorry about the stupidity; devtmpfs is very much a hard dependency. I just realized that CONFIG_VT is on, and can't be turned off (!). See dri

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Weinberger
Am 16.07.2013 19:20, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra: > Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: >> No, systemd does not have a hard dependency on devtmpfs. > > Wait, let me double-check that. > BTW: I'll not apply any patch to the kernel if the issue can easily fixed in user space, that's the major reason for

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > No, systemd does not have a hard dependency on devtmpfs. Wait, let me double-check that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/maj

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Richard Weinberger wrote: > Why does this confuse systemd? systemd has also a dependency on devtmpfs. See getty@.service, which is a dependency of getty.target: # On systems without virtual consoles, don't start any getty. (Note # that serial gettys are covered by serial-getty@.service, not t

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Weinberger
Am 16.07.2013 19:06, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra: > Richard Weinberger wrote: >> If you don't want devtmpfs, just disable it in your config. > > I don't understand: is this not a good default? Why is creating bogus > devices, confusing systemd, and making um Linux hard to boot > desirable? > W

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Richard Weinberger wrote: > If you don't want devtmpfs, just disable it in your config. I don't understand: is this not a good default? Why is creating bogus devices, confusing systemd, and making um Linux hard to boot desirable? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-

Re: [PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Weinberger
Am 16.07.2013 18:52, schrieb Ramkumar Ramachandra: > Avoid creating lots of bogus devices nodes like /dev/tty* (since > User-Mode Linux does not have virtual consoles. > > Cc: Richard Weinberger > Cc: Jeff Dike > Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra > --- NAK. If you don't want devtmpfs, just

[PATCH] um/configs: don't use devtmpfs in defconfig

2013-07-16 Thread Ramkumar Ramachandra
Avoid creating lots of bogus devices nodes like /dev/tty* (since User-Mode Linux does not have virtual consoles. Cc: Richard Weinberger Cc: Jeff Dike Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra --- Applies on top of the patch I posted earlier. arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig | 3 +-- arch/um/config