Ubuntu-6.10: Unknown file system 'devfs'

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
> On 11/2/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>>>>> I built kernel 2.6.18.1 using config-2.6.17-generic. I forgot what I
>>>>> have disabled, but when the new kernel booted, it reported an error
>>>>> regarding devfs. Which kernel option is it referring to?
>>>>
>>>> Hard to say since you didn't post the error.
>>>
>>> The init complained about something like "unknown filesystem type devfs
>>> ...". I don't want to reboot the server again.
>>
>> Clearly it expects you to have devfs support, which was removed a few
>> kernel versions ago.
>>
>
> Yes, something is clearly perverted, ancient, screwed up if you need
> devfs for anything; Ubuntu doesn't use it. I would add, unless you
> have very strange hardware, I see no need to build a kernel on Ubuntu
> (or RH for that matter). The kernel they supply is quite adequate for
> 99% of users.

The kernel that Ubuntu provides might be 
sufficient for 99% of its users (or perhaps they just don't know any 
better), but I've run across alot of users who like or need to roll their 
own instead of using the distro kernel.  Some need newer hardware support, 
others need newer functionality, or bug fixes.  Others like to be on the 
bleeding edge.  Perhaps 90% of users is a more realistic number.

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