udev: what does it used for in Debian?

[Ivan Shmakov <ivan@gray.siamics.net>]

	I've found that a few packages, contrary to my expectations,
	have Depends: on udev.  I'm primarily concerned with alsa-base
	and initramfs-tools, but also wonder about libcomedi0, dkopp,
	python-expeyes, libnjb5, media-player-info, pulseaudio, ukopp,
	xserver-xorg-core, and midisport-firmware.

	The backstory is that I'm about to install Debian (either stable
	or testing) on a tiny Architecture: i386 system, and consider
	excluding udev from the installation, as the hardware in
	question has virtually no support for any pluggable devices
	whatsoever.

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