Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thursday 28 June 2007, Yan Seiner wrote: >> First there way static /dev >> then there was devfs >> then there was udev >> now there is mdev (which is udev but for busybox) >> >> I guess I don't always understand the problems that the newer systems >> are fixing. Don't get me wrong, I use udev and devfs quite a bit and I >> wouldn't go back to the static /dev. > > mdev and udev are exactly the same ... the kernel notifies userspace of an > event (device is created) and they parse /sysfs for metadata about the device > so that it can create the proper device node > > the reason mdev exists is merely because udev is much larger than many people > need/want
Does that mean mdev will be using the new notification mechanism as "/sbin/hotplug" is already deprecated and no longer used by udev? I haven't tested this feature yet (still building the filesystem), but I hope it isn't yet out of date. Even though linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net mentions "/sbin/hotplug", SuSE 10.0 and newer distros don't use it. It looks like they're using dbus. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
