From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe Subject: Re: [PATCH] enable auto=yes by default when using udev Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:19:49 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20060702224549.GD12733@percy.comedia.it> <17576.21342.685662.432117@cse.unsw.edu.au> <44AA42F6.8070307@tls.msk.ru> Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Michael Tokarev wrote: > Why to test for udev at all? If the device does not exist, regardless > if udev is running or not, it might be a good idea to try to create it. > Because IT IS NEEDED, period. Whenever the operation fails or not, and Perhaps it was just a typo and you damage more if you just create it. Typical behaviour is to *not* just create device nodes because they don't exist but instead assume administrators know what they do. That's why I personally think it's better to rely on administrator's decision about automatic creation of device nodes. regards Mario -- As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be. -- Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle