From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263913AbTLJUGZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:06:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263914AbTLJUGZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:06:25 -0500 Received: from dyn-213-36-224-2.ppp.tiscali.fr ([213.36.224.2]:9476 "EHLO nsbm.kicks-ass.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263913AbTLJUGX convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:06:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:06:14 +0100 From: Witukind To: Xavier Bestel Cc: mru@kth.se, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? Message-Id: <20031210210614.625ccfcc.witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org> In-Reply-To: <1071039765.1790.94.camel@nomade> References: <1070963757.869.86.camel@nomade> <20031209183001.GA9496@kroah.com> <1071039765.1790.94.camel@nomade> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:02:46 +0100 Xavier Bestel wrote: > Le mar 09/12/2003 à 19:53, Måns Rullgård a écrit : > > >> - for example my floppy is always present in the system, but I > > >access> it like once a month or so > > > > > > Then, when you want to access it, a simple 'modprobe floppy' would > > > work for you, right? > > > > Only if you are root. > > Come on ... the stock kernel from your distribution will do the > modprobe for you when you access the floppy, I'm sure you're skilled > enough to configure your own kernel to do the same. > And if you don't want to recompile, just chmod +s modprobe - on your > small machine which needs to save 60k, I bet you're the only user. Or > use sudo. > > Xav I was expecting this kind of reply. Like "if you have an older hardware you can fuck off". -- Jabber: heimdal@jabber.org