From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262072AbTLLVeS (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:34:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262078AbTLLVeR (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:34:17 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:56973 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262072AbTLLVeM (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:34:12 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:31:48 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "J.A. Magallon" Cc: Lista Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: udev for dummies Message-ID: <20031212213148.GA24643@kroah.com> References: <20031211221604.GA2939@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031211221604.GA2939@werewolf.able.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:16:04PM +0100, J.A. Magallon wrote: > Hi all... > > I am starting to use 2.6, and I really would like to use udev. > But I can't find a doc about how to move from taditional heavily > populated /dev to new method. > > Any pointer ? Did you read the README in udev's package? Anyway, I don't really recommend using udev for management of your /dev at this moment in time. In order to do this we need some more intregration of udev into the early boot process. People are working on this, but it will be a bit of time before it works properly, sorry. thanks, greg k-h