Re: 2.6.18-rc3 does not like an old udev (071)

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Jul 30 2006 - 16:56:50 EST


On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:43:28PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On 30/07/06, Guillaume Chazarain <guichaz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >When updating only the kernel to 2.6.18-rc3 on Ubuntu Dapper/x86,
> >/dev/usblp0
> >is no more created on boot. If I manually create it, it works fine.
> >
> >Vanilla udev from Dapper: version 079 (Documentation/Changes requires
> >udev 071 ;-) ).
> >
>
> Hmm, udev 071 works fine here...
> i must admit though that I don't have any USB printers, so what I have
> here is probably not 100% comparable.
> Just wanted to point out that udev 071 and 2.6.18-rc3 is not
> universally broken :-)

Yes, it only shows up if you have any devices that use the USB major
number (like a USB printer.)

Or, if you use the -mm tree, there are lots of patches in there that
require an updated udev.

thanks,

greg k-h
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