Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:37:55 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? |
| |
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:09:47PM -0500, Bob wrote: > William Lee Irwin III wrote: > > >On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:36:26PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote: > > > > > >>Whats the general feeling about devfs now? I remember Christoph and > >>others making some nasty remarks about it 6months ago or so, but later > >>noted christoph doing some slashing and burning thereof. > >>Is it 'nice' yet? > >>Andrew Walrond > >> > >> > > > >I would say it's deprecated at the very least. sysfs and udev are > >supposed to provide equivalent functionality, albeit by a somewhat > >different mechanism. > > > > > >-- wli > > > Where can we find documentation on sysfs and udev, > and on transition issues?
Oh come on, google for "udev FAQ". It's been posted here a number of times...
> I know devfs hasn't been maintained for a long time but the > documentation for it comes with kernel source and there it is in > menuconfig.
udev is a user program, and it's documentation is not in the kernel tree. It's within the source of udev, and is quite extensive.
> Every time I hear that udev and sysfs replace devfs I > wonder where to pick up the thread, where is that doc, > where is the menuconfig option ;-)
There is neither. You always get sysfs in 2.6, and udev is a user program. No kernel options to enable (well, you do need CONFIG_HOTPLUG enabled I guess...)
Please read the udev docs and FAQ, it is there for a reason.
greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |