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DateTue, 09 Dec 2003 02:21:11 -0500
FromBob <>
SubjectRe: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6?
Witukind wrote:

>On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:37:55 -0800
>Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
>>On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:09:47PM -0500, Bob wrote:
>> 
>>
>>>William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>>On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:36:26PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>>Whats the general feeling about devfs now? I remember Christoph
>>>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>and >others making some nasty remarks about it 6months ago or so,
>>>>but later >noted christoph doing some slashing and burning thereof.
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>>Is it 'nice' yet? 
>>>>>Andrew Walrond
>>>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>I would say it's deprecated at the very least. sysfs and udev are
>>>>supposed to provide equivalent functionality, albeit by a somewhat
>>>>different mechanism.
>>>> 
>>>>
>
>>From the udev FAQ:
>
>Q: But udev will not automatically load a driver if a /dev node is opened
>   when it is not present like devfs will do.
>A: If you really require this functionality, then use devfs.  It is still
>   present in the kernel.
>
>Will it have this 'equivalent functionality' some day?
>
>
> 
>
Shouldn't hotplug handle it?

hotplug and udev and sysfsutils are together at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug
so hotplug is part of the sysfs and udev program.

-Bob D

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