From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev: rules ignore whitespace but not case
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:12:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041115211211.GA31197@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041115204046.GA5306@localhost>
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:40:46PM -0500, Eric C. Cooper wrote:
> I use a rule like this
> BUS="scsi", SYSFS{model}="iPod", KERNEL="sd[a-z]2", SYMLINK="ipod"
> and it works even though the model field is actually
> "iPod "
>
> But a rule like this
> BUS="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}="KINGSTON", KERNEL="sd[a-z]1", SYMLINK="flash"
> fails with my flash disk because the vendor field is actually "Kingston".
>
> I think that if the pattern matching is going to trim whitespace, it
> should also ignore case. That would be more consistent and more
> resilient to errors.
No, we want to only trim whitespace, as that's the most common issue for
people. Case sensitivity is still important to keep.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-15 20:40 udev: rules ignore whitespace but not case Eric C. Cooper
2004-11-15 20:51 ` Kay Sievers
2004-11-15 21:12 ` Greg KH [this message]
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