On Sunday 09 October 2005 12:36, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > > all this to work, I'd sure like if someone who knows this stuff could > > explain what the h... is going on. > > Sure, by upgrading, you loose all abilities to run linux-2.4.xx with > hotplug functionality. You also agree to not run a linux kernel <2.6.12 > because that won't work, too.
Hmm.. Udev has been kernel 2.6.12 only for a while.. I guess if you use 2.4 kernel you should use udev at all, and hotplug should work as before? > Actually, you should run linux kernel 2.6.14 or higher. I know, doesn't > exist, yet but that seems to be the attitude of the udev maintainer. That's kinda odd. > Obviously, he lives in a perfect world, where all external kernel modules > adapt to kernel changes very fast. But why, I must ask. What do you get in return? > Obviously, some DDs (e.g. the udev maintainer) gave up to make it possible > to have more than one major kernel version installed (and still be able to > run it properly). Oh? I can't really think of a reason why I would want to do a crazy thing like that.. I only have 2 kernels installed in case the new one I am testing fails for some reason. > The udev package somewhat digs its own hole and I am glad that I did not > change to udev. The udev package could also ask if you want to use hotplug > or udev's coldplug, does it? (Can't tell because I don't have it > installed). Udev is cool, but I'd sure like to know why all the changes are happening. Anders -- - Debian/Unstable - KDE 3.4.2 - KMail 1.8.2 - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
