Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262566AbUCCTko (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 14:40:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262565AbUCCTkn (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 14:40:43 -0500 Received: from [66.35.79.110] ([66.35.79.110]:52359 "EHLO www.hockin.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262560AbUCCTkm (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 14:40:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:40:34 -0800 From: Tim Hockin To: Grzegorz Kulewski Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroach.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [QUESTION/PROPOSAL] udev (fwd) Message-ID: <20040303194034.GA4681@hockin.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 655 Lines: 16 On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:27:17PM +0100, Grzegorz Kulewski wrote: > So, (sorry if it was asked 100000000 times... it has been > ... but) why when kernel detects new device or module is loaded, no device > file in sysfs is created? The device files in /dev would be only links to > these in /sys. What mode should be applied to these files? That alone is enough to make one stop and reconsider the idea. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/