Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261196AbUCCUwI (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:52:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261195AbUCCUwI (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:52:08 -0500 Received: from [80.72.36.106] ([80.72.36.106]:11196 "EHLO alpha.polcom.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261196AbUCCUwF (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:52:05 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 21:51:59 +0100 (CET) From: Grzegorz Kulewski To: Tim Hockin Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroach.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [QUESTION/PROPOSAL] udev (fwd) In-Reply-To: <20040303194034.GA4681@hockin.org> Message-ID: References: <20040303194034.GA4681@hockin.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 813 Lines: 25 On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Tim Hockin wrote: > 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. For example 000 - no access for nobody, udev can change it if configured to do so. Grzegorz - 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/