From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262768AbTJGU05 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:26:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262769AbTJGU05 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:26:57 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:54436 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262768AbTJGU04 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:26:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 13:24:12 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "Jonathan A. George" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6 udev capability question Message-ID: <20031007202412.GF2670@kroah.com> Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3F830C49.5070103@greshamstorage.com> <20031007190531.GM1956@kroah.com> <3F831AAB.9040000@greshamstorage.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F831AAB.9040000@greshamstorage.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 02:57:31PM -0500, Jonathan A. George wrote: > >Will do. Why did you not ask this there in the first place? Sending > >email directly to developers isn't the nicest thing to do: > > http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/news/?newsitem=11 > >thanks, > > > >greg k-h > > > Thanks for your response. As you sent this to me privately, I take it you didn't read the above link? > Is there an official udev web page or forum? No, nothing is ever "official" :) The linux-hotplug-devel mailing list has been a good place to discuss udev stuff. > As to why not use mailing list in the first place: A. Who wants to get > flamed by Al in public. ;-) B. Giving consideration to the developer > who might want to discuss the issue before exposing it to a public > forum. I probably have sent about 50 emails to the LKML over the last > eight years on topics from VMM to SCSI to SCM, but sometimes it seems > better to directly address the relevant developer. Not everyone > subscribes to the list after all. ;-) But it saves developer time, which is in much shorter supply than "users who don't read the documentation time" it seems... greg k-h