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diff --git a/docs/mdev.txt b/docs/mdev.txt index 031e473a2..7bd00fe1b 100644 --- a/docs/mdev.txt +++ b/docs/mdev.txt @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ updates, you also need to have hotplugging enabled in your kernel. Here's a typical code snippet from the init script: [0] mount -t proc proc /proc [1] mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys -[2] echo /bin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug +[2] echo /sbin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug [3] mdev -s Alternatively, without procfs the above becomes: [1] mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys -[2] sysctl -w kernel.hotplug=/bin/mdev +[2] sysctl -w kernel.hotplug=/sbin/mdev [3] mdev -s @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ code snippet: [6] mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts The simple explanation here is that [1] you need to have /sys mounted before -executing mdev. Then you [2] instruct the kernel to execute /bin/mdev whenever +executing mdev. Then you [2] instruct the kernel to execute /sbin/mdev whenever a device is added or removed so that the device node can be created or destroyed. Then you [3] seed /dev with all the device nodes that were created while the system was booting. |