From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:30:13 +0000 Subject: Re: remove detach_state from udev's wait_for_sysfs Message-Id: <20050620183013.GA16470@wonderland.linux.it> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND" List-Id: References: <20050619230126.GA7496@vrfy.org> In-Reply-To: <20050619230126.GA7496@vrfy.org> To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Jun 20, Greg KH wrote: > > > > Can you clarify this? > > > > udev releases >=3D 059 will require a kernel >=3D 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. --=20 ciao, Marco --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCtws1FGfw2OHuP7ERAjr+AJ9tQsVrF2h9yJohcg6CrImloMYPcgCfdwky svJcMaQDooSJmZJVd4kVSdM= =VZCj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND-- ------------------------------------------------------- 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_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&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