Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:52:17 +0200 | From | Samuel Thibault <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] Remove devfs from 2.6.17 |
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Greg KH, le Sun 18 Jun 2006 20:15:21 -0700, a écrit : > On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 05:54:27PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > It would be nice if udev could be fed not just from the kernel, but from > > the repository of modules that are available for loading. That may > > require additional module information. > > There's no reason it could not be, but usually a simple, "modprobe loop" > works good enough for everyone :)
Not for non-root people. (And yes, they may want to do non-root things with such virtual devices, in the dummy sequencer case for instance).
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