From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:17:47 +0000 Subject: Re: New software: Hotplug2, aimed at early userspace Message-Id: <20060908171747.GA1204@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20060902163017.693cd988@silver> In-Reply-To: <20060902163017.693cd988@silver> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 04:00:42PM +0200, iSteve wrote: > On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:27:43 -0700 > Greg KH wrote: > > If you want a small and faster versionof udev, that does less things, > > the very first few versions of udev will do just that :) > > I thought the first versions were still using /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug > interface? Yes they are, but it would be pretty trivial to change that if you so desired. > > But people already use udev today with initramfs / initrd. And then > > there's busybox's implementation of a udev-like program, which is about > > 2 years behind udev's evolution. > > Yes, I'm aware that people use udev in initramfs/initrd... the point is, I > disagree with it... I think fullblown udev for initramfs/initrd is just a huge > overkill -- not that most people actually care... Why do you think this? You need to do /dev stuff there, and you want persistent names at that point in time too. Are you running out of space somewhere that makes udev too big for your initramfs? > > I'm all for people working on what they want to work on, but perhaps you > > might want to help working with us on making udev fit your requirements? > > Hmm, I guess I could; I thought it'd be faster (and it'd involve less hassle > while discussing it with people) to write a fully working application, at least > as a proof of concept... Yes, proof of concepts are great. Maybe I'm missing something, but how does this instance show how things should be changed in udev? 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