--- trunk/mkinitrd-magellan/livecd/linuxrc.sh	2011/09/07 17:42:43	1513
+++ trunk/mkinitrd-magellan/livecd/linuxrc.sh	2011/09/07 17:45:14	1514
@@ -207,13 +207,19 @@
 	done
 	mkdir -p initrd proc tmp sys var/tmp dev media
 
-	# make /sysroot/dev/console & /mnt/dev/null
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/console ] && mknod -m 600 /sysroot/dev/console c 5 1
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/null ] && mknod -m 666 /sysroot/dev/null c 1 3
-	# only to be safe and to have a log channel
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/tty ] && mknod /sysroot/dev/tty c 5 0
-	# busybox needs this one
-	[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/tty5 ] && mknod /sysroot/dev/tty5 c 4 5
+	# use devtmpfs if supported
+	if [ "$(grep devtmpfs /proc/filesystems | cut -d$'\t' -f2)" = "devtmpfs" ]
+	then
+		mount -t devtmpfs dev /sysroot/dev
+	else
+		# make /sysroot/dev/console & /mnt/dev/null
+		[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/console ] && mknod -m 600 /sysroot/dev/console c 5 1
+		[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/null ] && mknod -m 666 /sysroot/dev/null c 1 3
+		# only to be safe and to have a log channel
+		[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/tty ] && mknod /sysroot/dev/tty c 5 0
+		# busybox needs this one
+		[ ! -e /sysroot/dev/tty5 ] && mknod /sysroot/dev/tty5 c 4 5
+	fi
 
 	(cd ${CLOOPMOUNTDIR}; cp -a etc root home var /sysroot)