Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Jan 2004 23:56:27 +0100 | From | Andrea Barisani <> | Subject | Re: does udev really require hotplug? |
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On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:19:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 11:10:51AM +0100, Andrea Barisani wrote: > > > > Hi everybody and happy new year! > > > > Just one simple question about a very simple matter that right now > > I can't figure out: does udev need hotplug package presence? > > > > >From your README: > > > > If for some reason you do not install the hotplug scripts, you must tell the > > kernel to point the hotplug binary at wherever you install udev at. This can > > be done by: > > echo "/sbin/udev" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug > > > > > > ...does this work properly? > > It should. Does it not for you? > > > It's not clear if some features are lost by not having hotplug script > > installed. > > None of the other programs that hook off of the hotplug program will be > available to you if you do this (automatic driver loading, firmware > loading, devlabel, etc.) > > > Also is this policy subject to changes in the near future? > > What policy? If you don't have the hotplug package installed, then you > can still use udev. If you have the hotplug package installed, I've > detailed how you can still use udev. What's the problem? :) > > thanks, > > greg k-h
Ok, now it's all clear :). It wasn't so clear from the documentation (at least for me) and since I'm not fully familiar with hotplug features I've decided to ask ;).
Thanks a lot for your feedback
Bye
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