From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:21:20 +0000 Subject: Re: udevstart v udevtrigger Message-Id: <20060713222120.GB7333@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <200607131359.39003.rich@storix.com> In-Reply-To: <200607131359.39003.rich@storix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 03:06:23PM -0700, Rich Turner wrote: > we use udev when we perform a bare-metal restore of a system from a backup (if > the system that we created boot media from has it available). we use udev to > create device nodes in our boot media environment only. once the system is > rebuilt then the system's original udev support is used. > > our only support requirement is that the system is running kernel 2.4 or > later. granted udev requires 2.6 so those systems are the only ones we are > discussing. > > in short: > we create the system installation boot media and include the following > udev-related files on the media: > udev > udevstart > udevd (only if udev is not available and there is udevstart) > /etc/udev/* > > we use udev by running udevstart if we have udev command. or we start udevd if > we do not have the udev command and then run udevstart. this is creating all > necessary device nodes. > > i have not tested this yet, but my thoughts are to add udevtrigger to the boot > media. then if there is not a udevstart command create a link > udevstart->udevtrigger. that way i will not have to make changes everywhere > else in the software where i do run udevstart. > > i guess the question is can i treat udevstart and udevtrigger as the same > command? > > will udevtrigger provide me with the same results as udevstart? Yes, it should, it just depends on the kernel version running. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ 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