From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev.rules.devfs patch
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:43:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040115214306.GH22433@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200401151523.58821.john-hotplug@fjellstad.org>
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:07:53PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 10:00:55AM -0500, Martin Hicks wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:49:10PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> > > Greg, I would be happy to remove the ugly %D at all.
> > > It's unable to handle cdroms, an the 'dis[ck]'/'partition' thing is easy done by two rules.
> > > Then the dis[ck] decision is also up to the user :)
> >
> > Please don't get rid of %D. I just started using it. The problem that
> > I'm dealing with is that the directory where the devfs names are created
> > are unpredictable so my callout returns the directory that I'm to create
> > the devfs names in and I do something like:
> >
> > BUS="scsi", CALLOUT="blah", ID="*", NAME="%c/%D", SYMLINK="%c/theAlias"
>
> I don't see your need.
> Just use two rules matching with the kernel name, or handle the %D in your script.
> And ID= is gone now, in udev v013. We are using RESULT= instead.
>
> I vote for killing the %D :)
I do to. I'll go remove it now.
Martin, if you _really_ think you still need it, please post your
scripts, and let us determine if there's an easier way to do what you
are wanting to do.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-15 14:23 udev.rules.devfs patch John L. Fjellstad
2004-01-15 14:49 ` Kay Sievers
2004-01-15 15:00 ` Martin Hicks
2004-01-15 15:07 ` Kay Sievers
2004-01-15 21:43 ` Greg KH [this message]
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