From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266177AbTLIJ2Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 04:28:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266168AbTLIJ16 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 04:27:58 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:37604 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266178AbTLIJ1t (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 04:27:49 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 01:16:30 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Matthew Reppert Cc: Bob , linux-kernel , witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org Subject: Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? Message-ID: <20031209091630.GA2753@kroah.com> References: <200312081536.26022.andrew@walrond.org> <20031208154256.GV19856@holomorphy.com> <3FD4CC7B.8050107@nishanet.com> <20031208233755.GC31370@kroah.com> <20031209061728.28bfaf0f.witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org> <3FD577E7.9040809@nishanet.com> <1070955596.25311.19.camel@minerva> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1070955596.25311.19.camel@minerva> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:39:56AM -0600, Matthew Reppert wrote: > > My guess is, unfortunately, udev probably won't handle this any time > soon. (Or, if it does, through some possibly clever mechanism that, as > someone unfamiliar with the relevant bits of the system, I can't see.) udev will never handle it. That's not its job. > I'd be interested in a solution to this, mostly out of curiosity since > it seems like it might be interesting, but I don't see a nice one coming > easily. I wouldn't mind someone more clueful telling me I'm wrong, > though. At the least, it means more people being receptive to moving > to udev. Solution for a problem that is non-existant on a properly configured system? Why? :) greg k-h