From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
Cc: Holger Schurig <h.schurig@mn-logistik.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: State of devfs in 2.6?
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:42:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031210054253.GA1982@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031209171047.GA29799@mark.mielke.cc>
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 12:10:47PM -0500, Mark Mielke wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 09:21:56AM +0100, Holger Schurig wrote:
> > Devfs for embedded devices is just great. It's all in the kernel, no
> > external process to run (I use my embedded stuff without devfsd). I'm using
> > it for about one year with various kernels.
>
> I don't see why 'all in the kernel' is the best approach, embedded or
> otherwise. I believe udev is being written to execute with a minimal
> runtime environment. No glibc, or other such beasts.
Exactly. The current bk tree version of udev (which has more features
than the 008 release) is weighing in at 49Kb, linked statically, no
external dependancies.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-10 5:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-08 15:36 State of devfs in 2.6? Andrew Walrond
2003-12-08 15:42 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-08 15:59 ` Andrew Walrond
2003-12-08 23:38 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 10:37 ` Andrew Walrond
2003-12-09 10:57 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 12:54 ` Paul P Komkoff Jr
2003-12-09 5:04 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-08 19:09 ` udev sysfs docs " Bob
2003-12-08 23:37 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 5:17 ` Witukind
2003-12-09 7:21 ` Bob
2003-12-09 7:39 ` Matthew Reppert
2003-12-09 8:52 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 9:16 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 9:45 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 9:18 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 9:46 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2003-12-09 10:25 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 15:28 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2003-12-09 20:16 ` Oliver Hunt
2003-12-09 20:53 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 22:14 ` Olaf Hering
2003-12-09 22:46 ` Oliver Hunt
2003-12-09 23:03 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 7:56 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 9:00 ` Xavier Bestel
2003-12-09 9:08 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 9:19 ` Miles Bader
2003-12-09 9:39 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 11:01 ` Helge Hafting
2003-12-12 11:26 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-12-12 13:33 ` Duncan Sands
2003-12-12 14:51 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-12-12 16:34 ` Chuck Campbell
2003-12-12 17:13 ` Chris Friesen
2003-12-12 17:17 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-15 2:12 ` Miles Bader
2003-12-15 3:51 ` Mark Mielke
2003-12-15 6:09 ` Tim Connors
2003-12-10 19:23 ` Witukind
2003-12-10 19:33 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-10 20:22 ` Witukind
2003-12-10 20:47 ` Ed Sweetman
2003-12-10 20:53 ` Ed Sweetman
2003-12-10 21:31 ` Witukind
2003-12-10 21:28 ` Witukind
2003-12-10 21:48 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-11 6:31 ` Witukind
2003-12-10 21:49 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-10 23:48 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-12-11 1:53 ` Mark Mielke
2003-12-11 8:42 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-11 16:33 ` Mark Mielke
2003-12-10 20:48 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-10 23:40 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-12-09 9:55 ` Xavier Bestel
2003-12-09 13:03 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-12-09 15:01 ` Helge Hafting
2003-12-09 18:30 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 18:53 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-10 7:02 ` Xavier Bestel
2003-12-10 20:06 ` Witukind
2003-12-11 9:27 ` Xavier Bestel
2003-12-11 10:15 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-11 11:05 ` Xavier Bestel
2003-12-10 0:38 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 9:26 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-09 9:41 ` Miles Bader
2003-12-10 8:13 ` Jakob Oestergaard
2003-12-10 8:24 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-08 23:04 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2003-12-08 23:34 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 0:31 ` Sven-Haegar Koch
2003-12-09 0:42 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 0:51 ` [PATCH] sysfs support for vcs devices (was Re: State of devfs in 2.6?) Greg KH
2003-12-09 5:26 ` State of devfs in 2.6? Rob Landley
2003-12-09 18:19 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 18:20 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 7:02 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2003-12-09 7:13 ` Murray J. Root
2003-12-09 8:21 ` Holger Schurig
2003-12-09 8:52 ` Miles Bader
2003-12-09 10:08 ` Holger Schurig
2003-12-09 17:10 ` Mark Mielke
2003-12-10 5:42 ` Greg KH [this message]
2003-12-10 23:29 ` jw schultz
2003-12-11 20:32 ` [2.4.23] cursor dissapears in framebuffer console after switching back from X Witukind
2003-12-11 23:59 ` Gene Heskett
2003-12-12 6:24 ` Witukind
2003-12-09 8:32 ` State of devfs in 2.6? Greg KH
2003-12-09 9:59 ` Jan Dittmer
2003-12-09 13:54 ` Matthew Reppert
2003-12-09 16:27 ` Greg KH
2003-12-09 16:47 ` Eduard Bloch
2003-12-09 19:33 ` Greg KH
2003-12-10 2:15 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2003-12-10 4:10 ` Bob
2003-12-09 7:33 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-12-09 9:48 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2003-12-08 23:35 ` Greg KH
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2003-12-09 16:22 ` Pascal Schmidt
2003-12-09 18:50 Svetoslav Slavtchev
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