Re: does udev really require hotplug?

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 00:56, Andrea Barisani wrote:
> 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 ;).
> 

You do know that latest unstable initscripts from Gentoo _do_ support
udev with or _without_ hotplug?  If you have any further issues, please
give me a shout.


Thanks,

-- 
Martin Schlemmer

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