[Buildroot] Discussing libudev, was: Re: [PATCH v6 09/32] mesa3d: dri2 does not need udev support

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Bernd, All,

On 2014-05-12 21:55 +0200, Bernd Kuhls spake thusly:
> Emil Velikov wrote:
> --- snip
> udev != libudev. The latter can be used without the presence of the former 
> as it is a selection of helper functions that helps abstract dev 
> manipulations.
> 
> AFAICS you have a couple options here - install libudev or keep a bunch of 
> local patches. I would encourage you go with the former.
> --- snap
> 
> This was an interesting piece of information for me because I am patching 
> xbmc to remove its libudev dependency in the cec-adapter detection part.
> While trying to setup Emil?s suggestion I created a libudev package which 
> was successfully linked by libcec and its binary cec-client to detect my 
> cec adapter so I guess Emil?s idea could really work.
> 
> I have yet to do more testing but reading through the udev/systemd/eudev 
> discussion of the last months here I would like to ask for feedback already 
> at this early stage whether a seperate libudev package is useful for the 
> broader public.

Short answer: yes.

Loang answer: yes, it would be interesting to the broader public. :-)

Now, this should be well integrated with the existing udev providers.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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