[PATCH] devfs: Last little devfs cleanups throughout the kernel tree.
Just removes a few unused #defines and fixes some comments due to
devfs now being gone.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/initrd.txt b/Documentation/initrd.txt
index 7de1c80..b1b6440 100644
--- a/Documentation/initrd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/initrd.txt
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
as the last process has closed it, all data is freed and /dev/initrd
can't be opened anymore.
- root=/dev/ram0 (without devfs)
- root=/dev/rd/0 (with devfs)
+ root=/dev/ram0
initrd is mounted as root, and the normal boot procedure is followed,
with the RAM disk still mounted as root.
@@ -90,8 +89,7 @@
procedure should create the /initrd directory.
If initrd will not be mounted in some cases, its content is still
-accessible if the following device has been created (note that this
-does not work if using devfs):
+accessible if the following device has been created:
# mknod /dev/initrd b 1 250
# chmod 400 /dev/initrd
@@ -119,8 +117,7 @@
(if space is critical, you may want to use the Minix FS instead of Ext2)
3) mount the file system, e.g.
# mount -t ext2 -o loop initrd /mnt
- 4) create the console device (not necessary if using devfs, but it can't
- hurt to do it anyway):
+ 4) create the console device:
# mkdir /mnt/dev
# mknod /mnt/dev/console c 5 1
5) copy all the files that are needed to properly use the initrd
@@ -152,12 +149,7 @@
root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw
-if not using devfs, or
-
- root=/dev/rd/0 init=/linuxrc rw
-
-if using devfs. (rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file
-system.)
+(rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file system.)
With LOADLIN, you simply execute
@@ -217,9 +209,9 @@
# exec chroot . what-follows <dev/console >dev/console 2>&1
Where what-follows is a program under the new root, e.g. /sbin/init
-If the new root file system will be used with devfs and has no valid
-/dev directory, devfs must be mounted before invoking chroot in order to
-provide /dev/console.
+If the new root file system will be used with udev and has no valid
+/dev directory, udev must be initialized before invoking chroot in order
+to provide /dev/console.
Note: implementation details of pivot_root may change with time. In order
to ensure compatibility, the following points should be observed:
@@ -236,7 +228,7 @@
disk can be freed:
# umount /initrd
-# blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0 # /dev/rd/0 if using devfs
+# blockdev --flushbufs /dev/ram0
It is also possible to use initrd with an NFS-mounted root, see the
pivot_root(8) man page for details.