Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation

Gabor Gombas
2006-03-01T14:10:43Z

On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 02:53:56PM +0100, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:

> The fact is that now we have user-space and kernel space tied together
> much more intimately than ever; udev & sysfs being the prime examples
> these days, and then it's not that some figure in top is wrong, but
> "oops my network no longer loads and the box is 400 miles away".

IMHO this is not a good example as there is really no reason to install
udev on such a box at all. Remember: KISS. Having a static /dev and
/etc/modules filled in (or even better, a monolithic kernel) is far more
reliable to administer.

On a desktop machine when you are plugging in various USB/Firewire/etc.
devices all the time udev works great. On a remote server there is no
real need for udev.

Gabor

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