I've released the 038 version of udev. It can be found at:
kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-038.tar.gz
(yes, the last announcement was for 034, things have been moving
fast...)
udev allows users to have a dynamic /dev and provides the ability to
have persistent device names. It uses sysfs and /sbin/hotplug and runs
entirely in userspace. It requires a 2.6 kernel with CONFIG_HOTPLUG
enabled to run. Please see the udev FAQ for any questions about it:
kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ
For any udev vs devfs questions anyone might have, please see:
kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs
And there is a general udev web page at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html
More bugfixes, and hopefully the "udev is locked in a loop taking all of
the cpu" bug is now gone. Also, lots of wait_for_sysfs updates thanks
to all who has reported them.
Thanks to everyone who has send me patches for this release, a full list
of everyone, and their changes is below.
udev development is done in a BitKeeper repository located at:
bk://linuxusb.bkbits.net/udev
Daily snapshots of udev from the BitKeeper tree can be found at:
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/bitkeeper/udev/
If anyone ever wants a tarball of the current bk tree, just email me.
thanks,
greg k-h
Summary of changes from v037 to v038
============================================
<andrew.patterson:hp.com>:
o Re: Problem parsing %s in udev rules
Greg Kroah-Hartman:
o fix up error in building extras and libsysfs
Summary of changes from v036 to v037
============================================
<md:linux.it>:
o small udev patch
Greg Kroah-Hartman:
o fix compilation warning in tdb log message
o Fix build error with klibc due to recent changes
o merge
o add wait_for_sysfs test script to the tarball to help people debug their boxes
o add ipsec to wait_for_sysfs ignore list
o added ccdv to bk ignore list
o a few more Makefile tweaks for the quiet feature
o Make the build silent, thanks to a helper program from ncftp
o rename files to have '_' instead of '-' in them
o change max time to wait in wait_for_sysfs to 10 seconds to hopefully handle some slow machines
o add support for class/raw/ to wait_for_sysfs
o fix up Makefile for wait_for_sysfs udev_version.h dependancy
o remove the debian specific file, as they don't want to share with the rest of the world :(
Kay Sievers:
o prevent deadlocks on an corrupt udev database
o wait_for_sysfs_update
Michael Buesch:
o fix asmlinkage
o fix incompatible pointer type warning
Summary of changes from v035 to v036
============================================
Greg Kroah-Hartman:
o add the error number to the error message in wait_for_sysfs to help out in debugging problems
Summary of changes from v034 to v035
============================================
Greg Kroah-Hartman:
o added ieee1394 support to wait_for_sysfs
o update wait_for_sysfs with a bunch more devices thanks to user reports
Hi,
"make install" fails with
galois tmp/udev-038# make udevdir=/dev DESTDIR=/root/tmp/test/ EXTRAS="extras/scsi_id" install
make: *** No rule to make target `etc/init.d/udev.debian', needed by `install-initscript'. Stop.
because there is no udev.debian in etc/init.d/ in the sources.
cu,
Frank
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:09:09AM +0200, Frank Steiner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> "make install" fails with
>
> galois tmp/udev-038# make udevdir=/dev DESTDIR=/root/tmp/test/
> EXTRAS="extras/scsi_id" install
> make: *** No rule to make target `etc/init.d/udev.debian', needed by
> `install-initscript'. Stop.
It's already fixed in the tree. The next version will have it:
http://linuxusb.bkbits.net:8080/udev/[email protected]?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-2d|[email protected]
Thanks,
Kay
Hi,
going from udev-036 to 038 on gentoo resulted in following problem for me:
I load the nvidia module via /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6. With
udev-036 the device nodes eventually were created fast enough so that
kdm could start. With udev-038 it is not the case. The boot ends at the
log-in, and I have to manually start kdm.
What is the right way to get this going?
Cheers,
Prakash
Also going from 036 to 038 broke centrino wireless ipw2200
firmware autoloading. Removing
/etc/hotplug.d/default/05-wait_for_sysfs.hotplug
fixed the problem.
M
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 04:38:58PM +0400, Mitch wrote:
> Also going from 036 to 038 broke centrino wireless ipw2200
> firmware autoloading. Removing
>
> /etc/hotplug.d/default/05-wait_for_sysfs.hotplug
>
> fixed the problem.
Fixed in the 039 release, sorry about this.
greg k-h