Re: remove detach_state from udev's wait_for_sysfs

[md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)]

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On Jun 20, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:

> > > > Can you clarify this?
> > > > udev releases >= 059 will require a kernel >= 2.6.12?
> > > Yes, would that be a problem?
> > Yes, thinking again about this I think it could be very annoying: users
> > would need to upgrade both the kernel and udev at the same time, but it
> > would not be possible because the udev package should abort the
> > installation if an old kernel is detected. Users would need to upgrade
> > the kernel, reboot to a partially working system and then upgrade udev.
> No, this doesn't "break" support on older kernels, just makes new
> device discover a little slow.  It will all still work just fine.  So a
> user can upgrade udev, and then their kernel.
OK, then newer kernels are not actually required.
I will have the init script print a big warning instead.

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ciao,
Marco

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