From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:37:06 +0000 Subject: Re: udev vs. devfs Message-Id: <20050616183706.GA11464@kroah.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org 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 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ 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