Re: use udev

2004-03-27 Thread John L Fjellstad
John M Flinchbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i installed it as well, but i had to revert back to the > /dev/hda* devices instead of /dev/discs/disc*/part* devices > which i had from devfs. If you are using ide disks, you can put this in your udev.rules file to get devfs disk names: BUS="ide"

Re: use udev

2004-03-27 Thread Ilkka Lindroos
On Saturday 27 March 2004 16:06, John M Flinchbaugh wrote: > On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 02:32:46PM +0200, Ilkka Lindroos wrote: > > I installed 2.6.3 with udev just a couple of days ago, and > > everything is workin just fine. I have booted with 2.4 few > > times, and no problems there either. > > i i

Re: use udev

2004-03-27 Thread John M Flinchbaugh
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 02:32:46PM +0200, Ilkka Lindroos wrote: > I installed 2.6.3 with udev just a couple of days ago, and > everything is workin just fine. I have booted with 2.4 few times, > and no problems there either. i installed it as well, but i had to revert back to the /dev/hda* devic

Re: use udev

2004-03-27 Thread Ilkka Lindroos
On Saturday 27 March 2004 01:31, csj wrote: > Would installing udev have any (harmful) effect on a 2.4 system, > or would is just be ignored? I'm "trialing" 2.6 on a regular 2.4 > system (lots of unresolved hardware issues yet on 2.6 like poor > tv and no lirc support). I installed 2.6.3 with ude

Re: use udev

2004-03-26 Thread John L Fjellstad
csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would installing udev have any (harmful) effect on a 2.4 system, > or would is just be ignored? I'm "trialing" 2.6 on a regular 2.4 > system (lots of unresolved hardware issues yet on 2.6 like poor > tv and no lirc support). It will probably be ignored since 2.4

Re: use udev

2004-03-26 Thread csj
On 24. March 2004 at 12:48PM -0500, "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > So, to summarize : > . udev is dynamaic management of /dev along the lines of devfs > . udev is purely userspace (no kernel module or driver) > . therefore the naming scheme is defined p

Re: use udev

2004-03-26 Thread John L Fjellstad
/sys. But not all devices have been ported to the sysfs yet, mostly stuff like the 'virtual' devices like ppp. I have my doubts about everything being moved over during the 2.6 series. Although from what I've read on the kernel mailing list, for the 2.8 series, you are probably

Re: use udev

2004-03-25 Thread Isaac To
> "John" == John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Is sysfs going to replace procfs or something? John> Not a replacement, an extension. Procfs was originally intended John> to be just for the processor-related info, I think, Process related, not processor related.

Re: use udev (was Re: Max number of ide disk atteched)

2004-03-25 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:15:07PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 10:07:41PM +, Pigeon wrote: > | On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 03:25:27PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 07:12:43PM +, Pigeon wrote: > [...] > | > | Is this automatic

Re: use udev

2004-03-25 Thread John L Fjellstad
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is sysfs going to replace procfs or something? Not a replacement, an extension. Procfs was originally intended to be just for the processor-related info, I think, and slowly it got added more features (like disk info, system info etc). With sysfs, anyt

Re: use udev

2004-03-24 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:18:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > | "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > The thing with udev is it is all userspace, therefore it works with

Re: use udev (was Re: Max number of ide disk atteched)

2004-03-24 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 10:07:41PM +, Pigeon wrote: | On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 03:25:27PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 07:12:43PM +, Pigeon wrote: [...] | > | Is this automatic with Debian kernel packages? With a DIY 2.6 I had to | > | create /sys and mount

Re: use udev (was Re: Max number of ide disk atteched)

2004-03-24 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 03:25:27PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 07:12:43PM +, Pigeon wrote: > | On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:48:43PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:18:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > | > | "Derrick 'dman' Hud

Re: use udev (was Re: Max number of ide disk atteched)

2004-03-24 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 07:12:43PM +, Pigeon wrote: | On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:48:43PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:18:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: | > | "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | | > | > The thing with udev is it is al

Re: use udev (was Re: Max number of ide disk atteched)

2004-03-24 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:48:43PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:18:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > | "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > The thing with udev is it is all userspace, therefore it works with > | > any 2.6 kernel (that ha

use udev (was Re: Max number of ide disk atteched)

2004-03-24 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:18:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: | "Derrick 'dman' Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > The thing with udev is it is all userspace, therefore it works with | > any 2.6 kernel (that has SYSFS in it). You can upgrade udev without | > touching your kernel, unlike de