From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: determining udev running
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:49:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1103140162.14134.102.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1103138473.4055.28.camel@rich>
On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 11:21 -0800, rich turner wrote:
> is there a consistent way to know if udev is currently running on a
> system?
>
> i realize udevd will be running and will be visible through a ps
> listing, but i would like to check for the existence of a file or an
> entry in /proc or /sys.
As udev runs entirely in userspace, the kernel doesn't know about it.
You may check for a symlink to udevsend in /etc/hotplug.d/default/
or /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug that may be set to udev or udevsend.
Kay
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-15 19:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-15 19:21 determining udev running rich turner
2004-12-15 19:23 ` Stefan Schweizer
2004-12-15 19:30 ` Marco d'Itri
2004-12-15 19:44 ` rich turner
2004-12-15 19:49 ` Kay Sievers [this message]
2004-12-15 19:50 ` Marco d'Itri
2004-12-15 19:51 ` Marco d'Itri
2004-12-15 19:52 ` Kay Sievers
2004-12-15 22:50 ` rich turner
2004-12-15 23:21 ` rich turner
2004-12-15 23:36 ` Kay Sievers
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