Re: does udev really require hotplug?

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 12:10, 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?

Yes, you just miss all other events that hotplug usually handles, and
not udev ...

>  It's not clear if some features are lost by not having 
> hotplug script installed. Also is this policy subject to changes in the near
> future?
> 

I do not think so, but Greg will have to comment ...


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Martin Schlemmer

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