From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?U3RlZmFuIEZyw7ZiZXJn?= Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:08:20 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] What to do about systemd/udev/eudev? In-Reply-To: <20130304193024.0c2d0490@skate> References: <1362312574-17701-1-git-send-email-olivier.schonken@gmail.com> <20130303195436.49654719@skate> <948441.33302.bm@smtp138.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> <5134E40D.6@petroprogram.com> <20130304192156.7bfe23bf@skate> <5134E729.8070708@petroprogram.com> <20130304193024.0c2d0490@skate> Message-ID: <51363494.7010708@petroprogram.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 4.3.2013 20:30, Thomas Petazzoni kirjoitti: > Dear Stefan Fr?berg, > > On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:25:45 +0200, Stefan Fr?berg wrote: > >>>> *But* ... (and this is a big but) I have not tested how it reacts to >>>> kernel events after boot when you *plug/unplug* devices and if mdev >>>> is capable of *running programs/scripts when some event happens*. >>> mdev is capable of running programs/scripts when some event happens, >>> even after boot time. I've already used this capability to notify an >>> application when a USB input device is added/removed from the system, >>> or to trigger a system upgrade when a USB key is inserted. >> It is? Oh good ! :-) > See http://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/examples/mdev.conf#n17. > >>> However, if an application relies on libudev to get notifications of >>> devices appearing/disappearing, or other services, then of course, it >>> cannot work with mdev. >> Damn... That would mean that network-manager and some other stuff would >> need patchin then to >> get completely rid of udev... >> Real pity. > Things like bluez, udisks, pulseaudio, X.org, etc. depend on libudev to > get notification when devices are added/removed. > > Best regards, > > Thomas Hmmm..... Would it make sense to rip libudev out from latest systemd and make it as a separate package ? Just for satisfying dependency need for those packages ? Could it even work without full systemd/udev stuff ??? Regards Stefan