Hi,
I am trying to install devfs on my slackware 10.2 (2.6 kernel); but
when i try to make I get a bunch of errors. I've been searching on the
internet but haven't really found much. Here are the files that I have
been working with...

/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/fs/devfs# locate devfs
/etc/udev/scripts/ide-devfs.sh
/etc/udev/scripts/scsi-devfs.sh
/etc/udev/rules.d/devfs.rules.unsupported
/usr/doc/udev-064/docs/udev_vs_devfs
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/fs/devfs
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/fs/devfs/Makefile
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/fs/devfs/base.c
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/fs/devfs/util.c
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/arch/ppc64/configs/iSeries_devfs_defconfig
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/arch/ppc64/configs/iSeries_nodevfs_ideemul_defconfig
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/Documentation/filesystems/devfs
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ToDo
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/include/linux/devfs_fs.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/include/config/devfs
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/include/config/devfs/fs.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/include/config/devfs/debug.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/include/config/devfs/mount.h
/usr/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h
/usr/include/linux/devfs_fs.h


---when I do a make i get allot of errors; I will give you some of the
list...


base.c: In function `init_devfs_fs':
base.c:3527: error: `KERN_INFO' undeclared (first use in this function)
base.c:3527: error: syntax error before string constant
base.c:3531: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a
cast
base.c:3532: error: `KERN_CRIT' undeclared (first use in this function)
base.c:3532: error: syntax error before string constant
base.c:3537: error: syntax error before string constant
base.c:3538: error: `devfs_fs_type' undeclared (first use in this
function)
base.c:3541: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without
a cast
base.c: At top level:
base.c:3549: error: redefinition of `mount_devfs_fs'
/usr/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h:54: error: `mount_devfs_fs'
previously defined here
base.c: In function `mount_devfs_fs':
base.c:3554: error: `KERN_INFO' undeclared (first use in this function)
base.c:3554: error: syntax error before string constant
base.c: At top level:
base.c:3556: error: syntax error before '}' token
base.c:844: error: storage size of `fs_info' isn't known
base.c:882: error: storage size of `devfsd_fops' isn't known
base.c:3253: error: storage size of `devfs_iops' isn't known
base.c:3258: error: storage size of `devfs_dir_iops' isn't known
base.c:2825: error: storage size of `devfs_fops' isn't known
base.c:2830: error: storage size of `devfs_dir_fops' isn't known
base.c:3269: error: storage size of `devfs_symlink_iops' isn't known
base.c:2602: error: storage size of `devfs_sops' isn't known
base.c:2874: error: storage size of `devfs_dops' isn't known
base.c:2883: error: storage size of `devfs_wait_dops' isn't known
make[1]: *** [base.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/fs/devfs'
make: *** [first_rule] Error 2

Any ideas will help, Thank you..

-Jimmie

On 22 Feb 2006 07:40:09 -0800, jimi_xyz@hotmail.com wrote:

>I am trying to install devfs on my slackware 10.2 (2.6 kernel); but

devfs is no longer supported in 2.6 (finally) A better strategy
is to move away from devfs to sysfs + udev, see:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/util...plug/udev.html
http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/u.../udev_vs_devfs

Grant.
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