Re: udev.rules.devfs + symlinks & a question

["Svetoslav Slavtchev" <svetljo@gmx.de>]

> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:25:22PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:39:08PM +0100, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> > > and i have a small issue with klibc compiled udev,
> > > at least bk from a 1-2 days ago
> > > most devicefs alike rules are followed, but not all
> > > e.g the rule for loop devices is ignored by dev compailed against
> > > klibc, but is followed by udev compiled against libc
> > 
> > See the man page for why this is:
> > 	If  udev  was  built using klibc or is used before the user
> > 	database is accessible (e.g.  initrd(4)), only numeric owner and
> > 	group  values  may be used.

ok, thanks

> bah, wrong answer to the wrong question, sorry...
> 
> It's a timing issue mostly.  I bet that udev is beating the kernel.  The
> klibc version is faster, as the code is much smaller.  I'm working on
> the proper fix for this now that we have the needed changes in libsysfs
> for me to do this.

with udev 009 libc all rules are ignored :
and all devices are dumped in /udev (

any ideas ?

svetljo

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