Re: [PATCH] udev-watch: try inotify_init if inotify_init1 is not

[Steffen Sledz <sledz@dresearch.de>]

Am 25.02.2011 17:57, schrieb Kay Sievers:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 16:55, Steffen Sledz <sledz@dresearch.de> wrote:
>> inotify_init1 first appeared in Linux 2.6.27
> 
> We depend on that or a more recent kernel for a few other reasons too.
> .27 might be the first on where this udev version compiles, but all
> below .32 is pretty much untested and known to fail during runtime in
> some areas. Let's not fix such compile failures, it is unlikely that
> udev will run properly for other reasons than inotify.

Hmmm?

Is there an overview of these reasons? We like/need to use udev-151 (or newer) together with linux 2.6.24.

Steffen

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