Bug 50497 - devfs not enabled in 2.4.3-12 kernel
Summary: devfs not enabled in 2.4.3-12 kernel
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-07-31 18:17 UTC by Sylvain COUTANT
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-07-31 18:18:03 UTC
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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
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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
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