From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262782AbTLJCK1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:10:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262491AbTLJCJj (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:09:39 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:35038 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263364AbTLJCIs (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:08:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 16:38:56 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Xavier Bestel Cc: Witukind , recbo@nishanet.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? Message-ID: <20031210003856.GA2196@kroah.com> References: <200312081536.26022.andrew@walrond.org> <20031208154256.GV19856@holomorphy.com> <3FD4CC7B.8050107@nishanet.com> <20031208233755.GC31370@kroah.com> <20031209061728.28bfaf0f.witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org> <20031209075619.GA1698@kroah.com> <1070960433.869.77.camel@nomade> <20031209090815.GA2681@kroah.com> <1070963757.869.86.camel@nomade> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1070963757.869.86.camel@nomade> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:55:58AM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > Le mar 09/12/2003 à 10:08, Greg KH a écrit : > > > That's something I don't understand: I thought that with a well > > > configured hotplug+udev system, you'll never have to worry about loading > > > drivers on device-node open() because all drivers should be auto-loaded > > > and all device-nodes should be auto-created. > > > > > > Am I wrong ? > > > > No, you are correct. That's why I'm not really worried about this, and > > I don't think anyone else should be either. > > So to attenuate people's worries it should be stated in some form: > > A: Such a functionality isn't needed on a properly configured > system. All devices present on the system should generate > hotplug events, loading the appropriate driver, and udev > should notice and create the appropriate device node. > In case of failure, please make a proper bug report. Thanks, I've now updated the udev FAQ with much this kind of wording to hoefully prevent this kind of thread happening again (hey, I can dream, can't I?) It can be found at: kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ greg k-h