On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Frank Peters <frank.pet...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 12:20:29 -0600 > Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > I have never used udev/eudev/mdev or anything similar and, if I am allowed >> > to nave a choice, I never will. >> >> You will always have that choice, since the software is free. >> > > That's not true anymore. My USB scanners will not operate unless udev > is able to create an entry within the /dev tree. > > Fortunately, I was able to discover a work-around that does not require > udev, but the point is that freedom of choice is starting to disappear. > Udev will eventually be the *only* way to deal with hardware.
While I understand your point these two comments contradict each other, or more accurately, the first was inaccurate in the sense that someone needed to create your /dev entry, either udev or you, it didn't matter. Once it was there your scanner worked, correct? Again, I do understand the concern. Never having run systemd I have it also. However the more I read the more tame the concerns seem to be. They do, however, still exist... - Mark
