The DEVFS that the kernel complains about should be listed as "/dev file
system". If memory serves, it is listed either under File Systems, or
beneath that under "Other File Systems".

--jm

Bill Davis wrote:

> After installing the base Gentoo a couple of dozen times now, more of it
> is starting to make sense. I still haven't managed to get my modem
> on-line to try a real emerge but that is just a matter of reading some
> more.
>
> However, as I play with the kernel configuration, I can make one that
> works but halfway through boot up I get a message saying that Gentoo
> requires DEVFS and it must be compiled in the kernel. Fair enough, but I
> can't find or recognise the appropriate option in menuconfig. I have
> never seen that on RedHat compiles, but it is obviously a file system and
> googling says that it is an option under menuconfig filesystem - I just
> don't recognise it. Can anybody point out where to look.
>
> Thanks
>
> BD