Bug 50497

Summary:	devfs not enabled in 2.4.3-12 kernel
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Sylvain COUTANT <sylvain.coutant>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.1
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Description Sylvain COUTANT 2001-07-31 18:17:59 UTC

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Description of problem:
Trying to mount devfs gives the following message :
mount: fs type devfs not supported by kernel

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mount -t devfs devfs /dev
2.
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Actual Results:  mount: fs type devfs not supported by kernel

Expected Results:  running with devfs enabled

Additional info:

Standard RH7.1 upgraded to latest kernel. Packages installed :
kernel-2.4.3-12
devfsd-2.4.3-12

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-07-31 20:20:27 UTC

devfs has WAY too many security holes, which are known for at least 2 years now
but the author refuses to fix them, we cannot possibly enable it and have to
consider that code as terminally broken and unsupported