From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Korsgaard Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:42:30 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] busybox: provide /etc/mdev.conf if mdev is used In-Reply-To: <1310379951-11019-1-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> (Luca Ceresoli's message of "Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:25:51 +0200") References: <1310140073-14231-1-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> <1310379951-11019-1-git-send-email-luca@lucaceresoli.net> Message-ID: <87tyatnivt.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net >>>>> "Luca" == Luca Ceresoli writes: Luca> Without an mdev.conf file installed, mdev generates some /dev entries in Luca> an incorrect or non-standard way. Some examples: Luca> 1. /dev/null has permissions 660, but it should be accessible to normal Luca> users; Luca> 2. alsa devices get created in /dev, not /dev/snd as is more common, Luca> and as the default value of BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_DEVDIR suggests; Luca> 3. event files are created in /dev, not /dev/input. Luca> This mdev.conf is a selection from the examples provided in the busybox Luca> sources with minor tweaks. Committed, thanks. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard