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Re: Changing over to udev



On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:00:04PM +0200, David Baron wrote:
> Udev on Sid requires 2.6.12 or newer kernels. I have 2.6.11 and 2.6.14 (which 
> must have udev). Until 2.6.14 is demonstrably working with udev, I do not 
> want to get rid of 2.6.11 (which uses devfs and current hotplug). Can udev be 
> installed anyway? Consequences?

rei $ uname -a
Linux rei 2.6.14.2 #1 PREEMPT Mon Nov 21 09:50:55 PST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

And I'm using udev on this box.  Not that I like it, not that I give a
tinker's damn about demonstrating how big my d*ck is by how empty I can
make /dev (and that emptiness has meant I've had to write rules for every
symlink I ever had in there)... I just wanted persistent naming for four
external USB hard disk enclosures.

And I more or less had to use udev to do it.  That's unfortunate.  I *so*
wish md would actually follow through on his claims and demonstrate how to
use udev with a static /dev.

Oh, and that's a self-built 2.6.14.2... FWIW the last thing I'd ever do is
use a Debian kernel.

-- 
 Marc Wilson |     Q: What's the difference between a duck and an
 msw@cox.net |     elephant?  A: You can't get down off an elephant.



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