Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:14:06 +0100 | From | Olivier Galibert <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:46:33AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 01:04:51PM +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote: > > You need to call udevinfo for that, or parse /dev/.udev/*. Do you > > think it would be possible to have hotplug/udev/whatever exists in the > > future to give that information back in the kernel and have it appear > > in sysfs? > > No. Why would it when it is very simple to query udevinfo for that?
In order not to depend on a userland package for the kernel service of device enumeration? It's udevinfo now, what will it be in two years?
OG.
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