Traditionally in a UNIX-style operating system, processes access devices via the /dev directory. Within this directory are hundreds of device nodes allocated as either block or character devices, each ...

i using a 2.4.7 from woody and i just set up devfs.heres my set-up:<BR>in grub.. 'kernel (hd0,3)/vmlinuz devfs=mount'<BR>in rcS... <BR>'mount --bind /dev /dev-state' #copied it from the docs<BR>'mount ...

I've noticed that some of my modules are failing to load on boot because the associated devices "aren't there yet" because devfs hasn't created them. At least, this is what I think is happening. For ...

The Linux USB subsystem has grown from supporting only two different types of devices in the 2.2.7 kernel (mice and keyboards), to over 20 different types of devices in the 2.4 kernel. Linux currently ...