Re: use udev

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

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"Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <dman@dman13.dyndns.org> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:18:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> | "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <dman@dman13.dyndns.org> writes:
> | 
> | > The thing with udev is it is all userspace, therefore it works with
> | > any 2.6 kernel (that has SYSFS in it).  You can upgrade udev without
> | > touching your kernel, unlike devfs.  I've been using udev for a few
> | > weeks now (since 0.18 arrived in "experimental") and I haven't had
> | > any major problems (only a hurdle or two).
> | 
> | OK.  So how does it work?  You've got my interest piqued.  Does it
> | work kinda like devfs, or does it maintain the devices nodes on disk?
>
> Have you booted with a 2.6 kernel yet?  If so, take a look in /sys.

Holy shit!  Where did that come from?

> In there you'll see all kinds of detailed information about every bus
> and device in your system.  (well, not quite every - only those whose
> drivers have been updated to report their existance via sysfs)

Is sysfs going to replace procfs or something?

I've read the rest, I'll give it a shot when I get the opportunity to
(Securitas refuses to give me my last paycheck, so I have to move out
of my downtown studio into a spare bedroom at a friends place in Wood
Village, and I don't even have parking money right now, so I get to
start moving at 6PM when the meters go free in front of my place).

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