Re: devfs vs. udev

2004-11-23 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 02:50:44PM -0500, Christian Convey wrote: > Can anyone help clarify the relationship between any of the following > things that may or may not be on my computer? > hotplug When an event happens on any of the various buses (pci, usb, firewire, etc.) such as device connect

Re: devfs vs. udev

2004-11-22 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Convey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running Sarge with 2.6.8 kernel. I've got the "udev" package installed. > > Can anyone help clarify the relationship between any of the following > things that may or may not be on my computer? > > ho

Re: devfs vs. udev

2004-11-22 Thread Christian Convey
Here's an overview document that no one could point me to a few days ago. Hope it's helpfull... http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ -- Christian Convey Computer Scientist, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport, RI Here's the full text for any abysmally lazy readers: Freq

Re: devfs vs. udev

2004-11-22 Thread Michael Spang
Sean O'Dubhghaill wrote: [snip] - Does hotplug inform udev when a new device connects to the computer? Not sure, but new devices plugged in will cause new dev entries to be made. I think hotplug will just load the relevant modules and udev will sort out devices on its own Package: udev Descrip

Re: devfs vs. udev

2004-11-22 Thread Sean O'Dubhghaill
[snip] > > - Does hotplug inform udev when a new device connects to the computer? Not sure, but new devices plugged in will cause new dev entries to be made. I think hotplug will just load the relevant modules and udev will sort out devices on its own > - Does udev make use of devfs? No hope