From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 22:53:24 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] Discussing libudev, was: Re: [PATCH v6 09/32] mesa3d: dri2 does not need udev support In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20140512205324.GD3619@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 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. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'