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From: Brian Sammon <linux-hotplug-list@brisammon.fastmail.fm>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Do I want to use udev?
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:56:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1EuHYC-00016Z-ID@mail.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1EuFWw-00065W-GO@mail.sourceforge.net>

> But if that's all that you want to have happen, stick with the old
> hotplug package, it still works just fine.  Why would you want to use
> udev if you don't care about persistant names and other good stuff it
> provides?

That's a good question.  Debian says that recent 2.6 kernel packages "require" 
udev.  Based on that, and the fact that recent kernels have a udev line in the 
"Current Minimal Requirements" section of Documentation/Changes,
I (wrongly, it seems) inferred that something had changed in recent 
(kernel.org) kernel sources that made them incompatible with hotplug.

Since I often compile my own kernel, I suppose I don't have to obey debian 
kernel policies too closely.

Considering my lack of interest in dynamic /dev filesystem support, which of 
  hotplug
  hotplug-ng
  udev
would people here recommend I use?

I notice that there hasn't been a new hotplug release in over a year.  Is it 
unmaintained, or has it simply not needed updating?




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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-01-04 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-04 20:47 Do I want to use udev? Brian Sammon
2006-01-04 21:21 ` Greg KH
2006-01-04 22:56 ` Brian Sammon [this message]
2006-01-04 23:06 ` Aras Vaichas
2006-01-04 23:58 ` Greg KH

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