Re: new udev

[Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.net>]

On 12/14/2009 10:16 AM, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> The udev module in testing got updated this morning. As a result I got
> these lines in my syslog:
>
> Dec 14 09:51:02 niof udevd[15399]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the eventdevice, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libchipcard-tools.rules:50
> Dec 14 09:51:02 niof udevd[15404]: udev: missing sysfs features; please update the kernel or disable the kernel's
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED option; udev may fail to work correctly
> Dec 14 09:51:17 niof kernel: [10156324.788489] udev: starting version 149
> Dec 14 09:51:17 niof kernel: [10156324.788497] udev: missing sysfs features; please update the kernel or disable the
> kernel's CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED option; udev may fail to work correctly
>
> The first line was repeated multiple times, once for each line in
> /etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libchipcard-tools.rules.
>
> What are these messages telling me? Will I have a problem when I reboot?

I think they're pretty clear.  Some of the .rules files on your system 
are using a deprecated syntax, and also your kernel isn't configured to 
udev's liking.  None of them are likely fatal but may cause problems.

> What do I need to do?
>
> 'uname -a' gives:
>
> Linux niof.net 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 14 01:27:18 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

From the udev changelog:

 udev  (147-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Earliest kernel release supported raised from 2.6.22 to 2.6.27.
     (Closes: #555614)

 -- Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:35:37 +0100