From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev vs. devfs
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:37:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050616183706.GA11464@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY19-F8BE196D4CCF42A9E246A6B9F50@phx.gbl>
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 05:07:49PM +0200, Pelle Svensson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would say that devfs is a clear winner compare to udev when it comes
> to it's simplicity in the setup. Just mark devfs in the kernel config and
> mount it.
Great, glad you like it, unfortunatly you are pretty much alone, and
devfs is going away in a week or so (see patches on lkml for details.)
> When it comes to udev the lack of documentation left you in a try/error
> loop.
>
> Can't somebody tell me what I need to get udev up and running from scratch.
What is missing from the current udev documentation that you have
questions about? udev setups depend on the distro you are using. What
distro are you using?
> I'm building a ARM system with 2.6 kernel from scratch so I only need the
> most basic stuff to get a 'dev' list.
And the HOWTO-udev_for_dev file wasn't enough to get you up and running?
thanks,
greg k-h
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-16 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-16 15:07 udev vs. devfs Pelle Svensson
2005-06-16 17:10 ` Vassilis Virvilis
2005-06-16 18:37 ` Greg KH [this message]
2005-06-16 19:29 ` David Brownell
2005-06-17 12:42 ` Pelle Svensson
2005-06-17 12:58 ` Kay Sievers
2005-06-17 13:15 ` Pelle Svensson
2005-06-17 16:05 ` Greg KH
2005-06-17 19:21 ` David Brownell
2005-06-17 19:26 ` David Brownell
2005-06-20 12:52 ` Pelle Svensson
2005-06-23 16:59 ` Vassilis Virvilis
2005-06-28 11:24 ` Vassilis Virvilis
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