On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 19:59 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 02:11:38PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > This is just a copy of your pre-udev device entries. They're not used > > for anything, they're just pretty much there for your reference. > > I've been wondering about this. Say you're not interested in the usual "my > /dev is emptier than yours" dick-waving contest... you want what's in /dev > to stay in /dev. But you actually want udev's symlink-making ability for > some silly reason. Can udev actually operate this way, or is all it can do > the usual Gnomish "I know how you should use your computer better than you > do" crap? Let it mount a gods-be-damned tempfs if it wants, but let it > also put everything INTO that tempfs. > > Well? Can it? Not to the best of my knowledge. Though I honestly can't see WHY you would want to still have all of the entries there. I personally think that the ability to do an "ls" in /dev and not have to sit there for the next 7 minutes while every useless device I'll never encounter is listed to be a priceless feature. udev is designed to minimize the number of devices you have to have in /dev at any given time. If you don't want that, then by all means, don't use it. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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