I've been running Redhat Enterprise Linux-AS v3.95 (Nahant). In this release, "udev" is implemented (the static /dev dir is now replaced by a dynamic /dev). The "/dev/raw" directory no longer exist where one would normally link raw block device nodes to as defined in the /etc/sysconfig/rawdevices file. The rawdevices config file is still there, but "/dev/raw/raw*" is not (atleast not on my server). In Redhat Enterprise Linux - AS v3 Update 4, I created custom device names in /dev by creating symbolic links to /dev/raw/raw[1-9] that correspond to my raw device partitions. My question is: With "udev", what is now the proper way to create device nodes in /dev?

FWIW, /etc/init.d/rawdevices {start|stop|status|} does not do anything anymore. Any input is appreciated.

bump....!!

anyone...?

The OLD method is not used any more, the new way is
using the O_DIRECT flag when opening the chunks,

The advantage of O_DIRECT is you dont need to make the association
with the /dev/raw devices and rawio will be always in effect, also KAIO is
enabled by default with rawdevices.

IDS V10 detects automatically that it runs on Linux Kernel 2.6 and if KAIO
is enabled then it turns on the O_DIRECT flag!

To enable KAIO:

The libaio.so library is required, regardless of the distribution
or kernel level. IBM Informix Dynamic Server V10.0
requires a minimum of libaio 0.3.96-3.

Please also read the release notes for more information!
bye
Sandor