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From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:16:25 +0000
Subject: Re: Make an un-device?
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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 17:43, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@gmail.com> wrote:
> Usually people want to know how to make udev recognize
> devices. I have a device that is recognized just fine, but
> I'd really like to declare it an un-device. I don't
> want any /dev/ files created for it, I don't want the
> driver loaded unless something else needs it. I want
> it to disappear from creation completely.
>
> Can custom udev rules do this?
>
> Specifically, the device is the incredibly annoying fake CD
> drive that appears along side my usb hard disk
> when I plug it in.

Udev can't really do anything here.

In many cases there are tools available from the disk vendor to
disable the fake cd drive.

Kay