Re: new version of udev has different cd/dvd devices

[md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)]

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On Jan 04, Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> > - there is no other component which 
> ?
Debian lacks something like /sbin/hwup of SuSE, so I need a lightweight
self-contained solution.

> A simple script that generates rules to create /dev's under (perhaps)
> /dev/user that are the same as the current kernel name based on a match
> with ID_SERIAL (of course handling name collisions and more) would be
> useful. Users could then edit the rule file to create "nicer" names.
We already have stable names in /dev/disk/ and I do not think we need
more. What I need is a solution for the /dev/cdrom* symlinks.

>  - allow selection of policies, so for example, you can have by-id,
>    by-path, or user-named. So we don't always create by-id, by-path or
>    user-named.
Why not?

> How do you know if an attribute (mainly the id / serial number) for the
> device is useful as a persistent attribute? Do you assume all are invalid,
> valid, or what?
You can't, each SUBSYSTEM needs to be special-cased.

> Should or how do you integrate this into the installer? It is bad to *not*
No (at least for Debian), because the installer does not need these
devices and I have to support upgrades and new devices added after the
initial installation.

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ciao,
Marco

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