From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:15:10 +0000 Subject: Re: kernel config requirements Message-Id: <20060719231510.GA5119@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <1153165845.44bbea158daae@cs1.alpha12.l-secure.net> In-Reply-To: <1153165845.44bbea158daae@cs1.alpha12.l-secure.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 01:16:13AM +0300, juuso.alasuutari@tamperelainen.or= g wrote: > Quoting Greg KH : >=20 > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 08:39:47AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, juuso.alasuutari@tamperelainen.org wrote: > > > > > > > Are there any specific kernel config option requirements for using = udev? > > The > > > > page at kernel.org just mentions 2.6 as an overall requirement. I g= oogled > > a bit > > > > and found some mentions about udev needing ramfs, but those were old > > articles. I > > > > couldn't even find a ramfs config option in my kernel (2.6.17). > > > > > > CONFIG_HOTPLUG=3Dy > > > > and: > > CONFIG_NET=3Dy > > CONFIG_UNIX=3Dy > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > >=20 > What does udev need the networking option for? How about boxes without > networking, will udev not work on them? (Or does this config option refer= to a > more basic class of networking than the one that has to do with ethernet = wires > etc.?) Yes, it deals with one more basic than ethernet. udev needs it for the netlink socket that it listens to from the kernel. If you don't have that, things don't work very well... thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=3Djoin.php&p=3Dsourceforge&CID=DEVD= EV _______________________________________________ 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