On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Peter Korsgaard <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> "Natanael" == Natanael Copa <[email protected]> writes: > > Hi, > > Natanael> I have got a new challenge with udev. Since version 176 devtmpfs is > Natanael> *required* in kernel[1]. As I understand this will not work very > well > Natanael> with mdev, our primary /dev handler. > > Is that a problem? Devtmpfs doesn't add much bloat to the kernel and is > very nice.
As long as it play nice with mdev, no. > Natanael> Unfortunally, if you want/need hotplugging in xorg today you don't > Natanael> have any choices. > > Natanael> I wonder if it would be difficult to add devtmpfs support to > Natanael> mdev? As I understand, mdev will no longer need do mknod, but > Natanael> will only need to set permissions and create symlinks. Maybe > Natanael> also remove device nodes. > > Yes, if we change the permissions / rename, then we afaik need to remove > the nodes ourselves. > > What exactly is the problem with using mdev together with devtmpfs? (I > always use pure devtmpfs on the embedded devices, but don't right away > see what the problem is). Overlapping functionallity? I googled a bit and got the impression that they don't work together? Maybe I was wrong. Thanks! -- Natanael Copa _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
