devfs

[CrashedAgain]

With both the 2.4 and the 2.6 kernel I get a 'devfs file type not supported' error on startup. Google found this article: http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/pri...5&article=gear
which seems to indicate that devfs is optional and an attempt to improve the way /dev files are set up. I also read something a while ago which seemed to say that devfs is now depreciated...and experiment that didn't work sort of.
So what's the real scoop? Is devfs supposed to be functional or not? If so, how do you get it working. (I assume there is currently no support for it compiled in the kernels, hence the error.) Or should I just remove the devfs line from fstab?

[garyng]

works both in 2.4 and 2.6 but will be removed in 2.8. You have to enable it in the kernel compilation.

But I faintly remember that KNOPPIX doesn't like devfs as some of its script failed because of the naming used. Don't know about the newer one though.