7.0 RC3 and linux linprocfs

[Paul Schmehl]

--On Monday, February 25, 2008 23:34:59 +0100 Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org> 
wrote:

> Paul Schmehl wrote:
>> Is it no longer required to mount linprocfs in 7.0 RC3?  I noticed that
>> it wasn't added to /etc/rc.conf, and that linux.ko is loaded.  Just
>> wondering if the mount is still required or not?
>>
>
> linux.ko doesn't provide linprocfs.  There have not been changes to the
> linuxulator and related code recently in the release cycle.  Can you explain
> in more detail the new behaviour you are seeing?
>

I'm not seeing any new behavior.  I might be missing something, but I haven't 
noticed anything yet.  I use Mulberry for mail, and it's working fne.  (It 
requires the linux emulator.)

I just moved to a new box and installed 7.0 RC3 on it.  Updated and recompiled 
the kernel and world.  I was comparing my old setup to the new when I realized 
I wasn't mounting linprocfs.  If I don't need it, there's no point in mounting 
it.

The only major problem I'm having is usb just doesn't work right at all.  The 
system doesn't sense when I insert a new device, and I had to enable moused to 
get the mouse working.  (But the usb keyboard works fine.?!)

When I insert a usb thumb drive into a slot, I don't see the usual console 
messages, and there's no /dev/da?, so I'm not sure what to do next.

Maybe you can help with that?

-- 
Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/