Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Dec 2003 02:21:11 -0500 | From | Bob <> | Subject | Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? |
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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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