On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Isaac Dunham <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:31:27AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Linus Walleij <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> (...) >> > This switches from using /sys/class as the place to look for >> > devices to create to using /sys/dev where all char and block >> > devices are listed. > > In practical terms, kernels older than 2.6.26 will no longer work with > mdev -s, and devices with no class will start showing up. > (2.6.26 added /sys/dev/)
OK that is a good piece of information. > FWIW, I'm for it, though I'd like to hear if anyone is using new busybox > with 'vendor'/'BSP' kernels that are old enough for this to be problematic, > yet new enough to need mdev (ie, from 2.6.18 or somewhat newer, > to 2.6.25). Me too. I can of course preserve the /sys/class and even /sys/block behaviour, I just wanted this more brutal approach in order to save bloat. > Also, bloatcheck would be interesting...I might see about that. Thanks. Yours, Linus Walleij _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
