Messages in this thread | | | Subject | udev - please help me to understand | From | Steve Youngs <> | Date | Fri, 02 Jan 2004 21:48:36 +1000 |
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Hi Greg!
I've been looking at this "udev" thingy and I can't for the life of me see why I'd need it. There doesn't appear to be _any_ advantages of using udev in my present situation.
No, I don't use devfs.
I have zero hot-pluggable devices (that might change somewhere in the distant future, but for now I don't have any). And never in my wildest dreams could I ever imagine running out of device numbers.
Reading through the documentation that I've found about udev, your main points seem to be about:
- udev vs devfs - running out of device major/minor numbers - not having to worry about major/minor numbers
For me, the first point is moot because I don't use devfs. The second point is just plain ridiculous, there is just _no_ way that it could happen (remember that I'm talking about my own situation).
As for the third point, well, I don't worry about device numbers now. In the years that I've been using Linux (since 2.0.something) you could probably count the number of times I've had to worry about major/minor numbers on the fingers of one hand. The _only_ times have been on those incredibly rare occasions when I've needed to create a new device file in /dev/.
So, Greg, is there _any_ reason why I'd want to be using udev?
I have other questions, but they can wait until I know whether or not I need the thing in the first place.
Thank you very much for your time and patience.
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