Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932402AbWCAQaQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:30:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751402AbWCAQaQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:30:16 -0500 Received: from gate.in-addr.de ([212.8.193.158]:45800 "EHLO mx.in-addr.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751366AbWCAQaP (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:30:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:30:00 +0100 From: Lars Marowsky-Bree To: Gabor Gombas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation Message-ID: <20060301163000.GD9183@marowsky-bree.de> References: <20060227190150.GA9121@kroah.com> <20060227194400.GB9991@suse.de> <20060301135356.GC23159@marowsky-bree.de> <20060301141031.GC17561@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20060301141031.GC17561@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> X-Ctuhulu: HASTUR User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1395 Lines: 38 On 2006-03-01T15:10:31, Gabor Gombas wrote: > IMHO this is not a good example as there is really no reason to install > udev on such a box at all. Remember: KISS. Having a static /dev and > /etc/modules filled in (or even better, a monolithic kernel) is far more > reliable to administer. > > On a desktop machine when you are plugging in various USB/Firewire/etc. > devices all the time udev works great. On a remote server there is no > real need for udev. You can't get away that easily ;-) First, even the enterprise distributions nowadays all use hotplug/udev etc - for reducing the maintenance complexity, and also enterprise systems do see a fair bit of hotplugging of new network cards, PCI adapters, drives, or even USB attachments. Second, sometimes my desktop is the machine I'm logging into from remote while on the road. The distinction isn't as clear as you think it is. Sincerely, Lars Marowsky-Br?e -- High Availability & Clustering SUSE Labs, Research and Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - A Novell Business -- Charles Darwin "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" - 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/