Re: does udev really require hotplug?
From: Andrea Barisani
Date: Fri Jan 02 2004 - 17:59:04 EST
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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