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Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 12:03:49 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Pascal Schmidt <der.eremit@email.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev and devfs - The final word
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On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 05:17:50PM +0100, Pascal Schmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > You would not have any "extra" overhead if you don't add any new devices
> > to your system.  udev only runs when /sbin/hotplug runs. As for extra
> > space on your disk, this email thread is almost as big as the udev
> > binary is :)
> 
> Well, but if random device numbers become a reality, udev would have
> to run at boot time or I wouldn't get usable device nodes.

Exactly, it's on the TODO list :)

thanks,

greg k-h