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 * Busybox  * [http://packages.qa.debian.org/busybox busybox]
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   Current d-i works correctly with modified busybox on i386.    Current d-i and g-i work correctly with modified busybox on i386, provided the changes listed below for other components are also included.
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 * Remove devfs.rules and compat-full.rules in [http://packages.qa.debian.org/udev udev]  * [http://packages.qa.debian.org/udev udev]
   * Remove devfs.rules and compat-full.rules
   * Add z10_input.rules to create input device nodes in /dev/input (required for g-i)

This page describe the progress of removing usage of the obsolete devfs in the DebianInstaller.

  • [http://packages.qa.debian.org/busybox busybox]

    • [http://packages.qa.debian.org/busybox busybox] is currently built with CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS activated. It needs to be deactivated in debian/config-udeb.

      We should not have any problems in uploading this change without any specific changes in the DebianInstaller. Testing might be desirable though. Current d-i and g-i work correctly with modified busybox on i386, provided the changes listed below for other components are also included.

  • [http://packages.qa.debian.org/udev udev]

    • Remove devfs.rules and compat-full.rules
    • Add z10_input.rules to create input device nodes in /dev/input (required for g-i) Works with modified busybox on i386, text d-i.
  • Change /etc/inittab in rootskel to use tty2-tty4 for debug shells and syslog.?BRSee rootskel in D-I SVN under people/fjp.

  • Graphical installer
    • Device files for input devices created in /dev instead of /dev/input which makes starting directfb fail. Creating symlinks in /dev/input fixes this. Adding persistent-input.rules in udev-udeb is the way to go.

[http://people.debian.org/~lunar/d-i-without-devfs/ Modified packages not in d-i tree]:

  • busybox
  • udev

Post-switch cleanup

After we've switched to use "regular" device names, we should be able to clean up quite a lot of code. The list below is far from complete.

  • any references to /dev/discs/
  • rootskel: various references to /dev/vc/*, /dev/fb/* and possibly others