Package: udev
Version: 0.141-2
Severity: normal

Hi,

I can't understand why udev (through /lib/udev/net.agent) would raise
interfaces not listed in /etc/network/interfaces. It is slowing down
unnecessarily the boot process. I am not aware of all the subtelty of udev,
so maybe I am mistaken. If so could you explain me why this is done this way ?

Regards,
Bertrand

PS Here is the very small patch I use on my system wich doesn't seem to affect
my networking and speed up my boot process of 2 seconds:

--- /lib/udev/net.agent.old     2009-08-16 20:49:45.000000000 +0200
+++ /lib/udev/net.agent 2009-08-30 11:26:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
        # this $INTERFACE is marked as "auto"
        IFUPARG='\('$INTERFACE'\|-a\|--all\)'
     else
-       IFUPARG=$INTERFACE
+       #IFUPARG=$INTERFACE
+       exit 0
     fi
 
     if ps -C ifup ho args | grep -q "$IFUPARG"; then


-- Package-specific info:
-- /etc/udev/rules.d/:
/etc/udev/rules.d/:
total 72
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    19 avr 23 23:41 025_libgphoto2.rules -> 
../libgphoto2.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   595 nov 16  2008 70-persistent-cd.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   538 aoĆ» 29 00:28 70-persistent-net.rules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    15 jan 20  2009 z60_hdparm.rules -> ../hdparm.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1152 mai  6 14:36 z60_libsane-extras.rules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55330 jun 26 17:48 z60_libsane.rules

-- /sys/:
/sys/dev
/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/device:28/input/input1/event1/dev
/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/device:2d/input/input2/event2/dev
/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4/event4/dev
/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input3/event3/dev
/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input5/event5/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-0:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev2.1_ep81/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/usb_device/usbdev2.1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/usb_endpoint/usbdev2.1_ep00/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-0:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev3.1_ep81/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/usb_device/usbdev3.1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/usb_endpoint/usbdev3.1_ep00/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/4-0:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev4.1_ep81/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/usb_device/usbdev4.1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/usb_endpoint/usbdev4.1_ep00/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/5-0:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.1_ep81/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/usb_device/usbdev5.1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/usb_endpoint/usbdev5.1_ep00/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-0:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.1_ep81/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/usb_device/usbdev1.1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.1_ep00/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/adsp/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/audio/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/controlC0/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/dsp/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/mixer/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/pcmC0D0c/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/pcmC0D0p/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/pcmC0D1c/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/pcmC0D2c/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/pcmC0D3c/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2/sound/card0/pcmC0D4p/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.3/sound/card1/audio1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.3/sound/card1/controlC1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.3/sound/card1/dsp1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.3/sound/card1/mixer1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.3/sound/card1/pcmC1D0c/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.3/sound/card1/pcmC1D0p/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda1/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda2/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda3/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda5/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda6/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/bsg/0:0:0:0/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/scsi_generic/sg0/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/bsg/1:0:0:0/dev
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/scsi_generic/sg1/dev
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0/dev
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7/event7/dev
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7/mouse0/dev
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8/event8/dev
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8/mouse1/dev
/sys/devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input6/event6/dev
/sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1/dev
/sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2/dev
/sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3/dev
/sys/devices/pnp0/00:06/rtc/rtc0/dev
/sys/devices/pnp0/00:0b/tty/ttyS0/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/loop0/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/loop1/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/loop2/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/loop3/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/loop4/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/loop5/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/loop6/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/loop7/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram0/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram10/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram11/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram12/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram13/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram14/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram15/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram1/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram2/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram3/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram4/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram5/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram6/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram7/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram8/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/block/ram9/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/input/mice/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/full/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/kmem/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/kmsg/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/mem/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/null/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/port/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/random/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/urandom/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/mem/zero/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/misc/agpgart/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/misc/cpu_dma_latency/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/misc/fuse/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/misc/hpet/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/misc/network_latency/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/misc/network_throughput/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/misc/psaux/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/misc/snapshot/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/sound/seq/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/sound/timer/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/tty/console/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/tty/ptmx/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty0/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty43/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty46/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty48/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty52/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty5/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty62/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty6/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty7/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty8/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty9/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/tty/tty/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs1/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs7/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa2/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa3/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa4/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa5/dev
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/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa7/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcsa/dev
/sys/devices/virtual/vc/vcs/dev

-- Kernel configuration:


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages udev depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.27     Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                         2.9-23     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libselinux1                   2.0.85-2   SELinux shared libraries
ii  libvolume-id1                 0.141-2    libvolume_id shared library
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-23     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

udev recommends no packages.

udev suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  udev/new_kernel_needed: false
  udev/reboot_needed:





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