From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:01:14 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 001 release Message-Id: <20050211210114.GA21314@suse.de> List-Id: References: <20050211004033.GA26624@suse.de> <420D1050.3080405@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: <420D1050.3080405@t-online.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Harald Dunkel Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:06:40PM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > >I'd like to announce, yet-another-hotplug based userspace project: > >linux-ng. This collection of code replaces the existing linux-hotplug > >package with very tiny, compiled executable programs, instead of the > >existing bash scripts. > > > > cpio is running to setup a test partition. > > But one question: This is yet another package with its > own private copy of klibc. Whats the reason behind this > non-modular approach? Because we don't have an easy way yet to build against a copy of klibc on a system? For right now, it's the simplest way to ensure that it works for everyone, once klibc moves into the kernel tree I can remove it from udev and hotplug-ng. Is it causing problems for you? thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262339AbVBKVBZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:01:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262340AbVBKVBZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:01:25 -0500 Received: from lyle.provo.novell.com ([137.65.81.174]:43098 "EHLO lyle.provo.novell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262339AbVBKVBX (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:01:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:01:14 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Harald Dunkel Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 001 release Message-ID: <20050211210114.GA21314@suse.de> References: <20050211004033.GA26624@suse.de> <420D1050.3080405@t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <420D1050.3080405@t-online.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:06:40PM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > >I'd like to announce, yet-another-hotplug based userspace project: > >linux-ng. This collection of code replaces the existing linux-hotplug > >package with very tiny, compiled executable programs, instead of the > >existing bash scripts. > > > > cpio is running to setup a test partition. > > But one question: This is yet another package with its > own private copy of klibc. Whats the reason behind this > non-modular approach? Because we don't have an easy way yet to build against a copy of klibc on a system? For right now, it's the simplest way to ensure that it works for everyone, once klibc moves into the kernel tree I can remove it from udev and hotplug-ng. Is it causing problems for you? thanks, greg k-h