On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:43:31 -0500, Christian Convey wrote: > Is there a general concensus about whether udev makes life better or worse?
udev is, conceptually, a much better naming scheme than is devfs. This purported goodness comes at a price: udev is not able to do directly some of the things that devfs could do. In Linux kernel 2.6, devfs is deprecated in favor of udev. This indicates some consensus, if only among kernel developers, that udev makes life better. In my opinion, udev is The Right Idea. I didn't need it when I first installed it, but I've since taken the time to get my DVD-ROM drive working and have purchased a "USB storage device". udev makes it quite easy to manage names, groups, and permissions for these devices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
