Re: udev on real Linux from scratch

[DervishD <udev@dervishd.net>]

    Hi Alexander :)

    It's been a surprise to see you here too, but since you're so
involved with LFS, it was an obvious move ;))

 * Alexander E. Patrakov <patrakov@ums.usu.ru> dixit:
> DervishD wrote:
> >    Sorry for entering the thread SO late, but I have one question: is
> >there any (comprehensive?) list out there of the static devices that
> >must be present so udev can work? Currently I have a bunch of them
> >created, more or less randomly (probably out of fear that udev won't
> >work without them but without the need of carrying real tests...).
> 
> Yes, there is. Only /dev/console and /dev/null must be present on real /dev 
> (hidden under tmpfs).

    Cool, I'll modify my system for that, thanks a lot :)

> See
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/udev.html
> for a list of devices and directories to be copied from
> /lib/udev/devices to /dev (tmpfs) on each boot.

    So, /dev/console, /dev/null and the symlinks for core, stdin/out/err
and fd, right?

> Note, however, that udev in LFS is slightly misconfigured (wrong names
> for DVB cards, and the create_floppy_devices script is never called).

    That's not a problem, I have my own rules already written and
working.

    Thanks a lot, dude :)) BTW, I've downloaded the ISO's you told me
and I'll test as soon as I can reboot my system.

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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