From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:27:55 +0000 Subject: Re: [adventure] replace /sbin/hotplug by udevd Message-Id: <20041119072755.GA12089@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20041118002726.GA4281@vrfy.org> In-Reply-To: <20041118002726.GA4281@vrfy.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 02:11:40AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 16:55 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > The main "problem" with this is for people who don't want to run udev on > > their machines. They are happy with their static dev, yet they want to > > have the hotplug package manage their modules, and do the other fun > > stuff (like HAL). If udev requires that it take over the hotplug > > multiplexer, then anyone who doesn't use udev looses out from the good > > things that HAL and anyone who relies on the functionality that this new > > udevd provides can't ensure that all users will actually have it > > running. > > HAL will not work without udev! Ah, I didn't realize this. So much for my "problem" then :) > And take it the other way around: Which udev user really needs to > run /sbin/hotplug? Well, they need to run the files under /etc/hotplug.d/ but that's it. > The question is not what we can do _with_ udev for people who don't want > udev, right? :) Heh, true. Ok, I like the idea, it's just going to take a while for me to get used to it. I also need to think about how everyone's going to convert over to this new scheme (or not...) thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel