From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
To: Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev in kernel source?
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:30:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200910251930.36658.elendil@planet.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200910251834.06321.Martin@lichtvoll.de>
Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Would that qualify as a reason to put it there and have make-kpkg / make
> deb / make rpm spit out a udev package as well?
How would that help?
It will result in udev more frequently being incompatible with user space.
It also will increase the chance of failure if you switch between older
and newer kernel versions.
IMO udev should primarily ensure compatibility with user space. The kernel
should provide sufficient backwards compatibility to support older udev
versions.
Sure, there will be cut-off points (one of which you seem to have hit
here), but in general it's a lot easier to ensure a kernel is compatible
with your current version of udev than ensuring random upstream versions
of udev are compatible with your userland (especially if you're running
the stable version of a distro).
Just my take on this issue.
Cheers,
FJP
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-25 18:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-25 17:33 udev in kernel source? Martin Steigerwald
2009-10-25 18:30 ` Frans Pop [this message]
2009-10-25 19:04 ` Martin Steigerwald
2009-10-25 19:33 ` Frans Pop
2009-10-25 22:37 ` Ben Nizette
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