From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:43:28 +0000 Subject: Re: temporarily disabling udev Message-Id: <20041219154328.GA9592@wonderland.linux.it> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf" List-Id: References: <20041219145616.GA8975@wonderland.linux.it> In-Reply-To: <20041219145616.GA8975@wonderland.linux.it> To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Dec 19, Kay Sievers wrote: > > I need to patch udev to be sure that it will not modify /dev if > > udevstart has been not been run (e.g. because root disabled the > > init script, or it failed for some reason). > > Would this work? > Removing the database, should not prevent the next udev run to create > one. Do you have other suggestions? > udev is used in initrd with /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug set > to /sbin/udev in some setups, which will not work with this patch. Why they do not run udevstart? > How does Debian disable udev? Can't you use this value instead? The standard method to disable a daemon is to disable its init script. --=20 ciao, | Marco | [9920 alZroOc39eF8Y] --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBxaGgFGfw2OHuP7ERAuVmAJ9ut+EPfwYBl19ucJFJPidgRhQ+vgCgkfbp XbXaIIpSUm/iHRWtvs2yOjY= =y8lo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf-- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ 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