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
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