Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 23:56:27 +0100
From: Andrea Barisani <lcars@gentoo.org>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: does udev really require hotplug?
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On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:19:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 11:10:51AM +0100, Andrea Barisani wrote:
> > 
> > Hi everybody and happy new year!
> > 
> > Just one simple question about a very simple matter that right now 
> > I can't figure out: does udev need hotplug package presence?
> > 
> > >From your README:
> > 
> >   If for some reason you do not install the hotplug scripts, you must tell the
> >   kernel to point the hotplug binary at wherever you install udev at.  This can
> >   be done by:
> > 	echo "/sbin/udev" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
> > 
> > 
> > ...does this work properly?
> 
> It should.  Does it not for you?
> 
> > It's not clear if some features are lost by not having hotplug script
> > installed.
> 
> None of the other programs that hook off of the hotplug program will be
> available to you if you do this (automatic driver loading, firmware
> loading, devlabel, etc.)
> 
> > Also is this policy subject to changes in the near future?
> 
> What policy?  If you don't have the hotplug package installed, then you
> can still use udev.  If you have the hotplug package installed, I've
> detailed how you can still use udev.  What's the problem?  :)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Ok, now it's all clear :). It wasn't so clear from the documentation (at
least for me) and since I'm not fully familiar with hotplug features I've
decided to ask ;).

Thanks a lot for your feedback

Bye


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