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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:31:06 +0000
Subject: Re: Patches for device names
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Scott James Remnant wrote:
>=20
>  b) kernel names remain the same, include DEVNAME in environment
>=20
> 		ACTION=ADd
> 		DEVPATH=3D/class/input/mice
> 		DEVNAME=3D/dev/input/mice
> 		SUBSYSTEM=3Dinput
> 		MAJOR=13
> 		MINORc
>=20
> 	Pro: fixes sysfs and compatibility, attractive
> 	Con: udev needs patching, extra macro in kernel
>=20

In this case, I would also argue we need devname in sysfs.  There are=20
enough tools out there who want to be able to correlate sysfs and devices.

	-hpa