On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 04:16:33PM +0200, Gabor Gombas wrote: > On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 10:24:28PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Just like the kernel always did prior to udev. > > You're missing a very important thing. This is _NOT_ a "udev vs. > pre-udev" question. This is a "new kernel hotplug behavior vs. old > kernel hotplug behavior" question. The fact is that the kernel behavior > changed fundamentally in the early 2.6.x series compared to 2.4.x, and > userspace did not follow that change ever since. udev simply exposes how > the kernel really works. Not using udev solves NOTHING since it's not > udev that is broken: it is the general userspace assumption about how > the kernel works what is broken.
This is pure crap. Install udev on my system -> things break randomly and unreproducibly, due to race conditions all over the place. Install hotplug on my system, and make sure udev is not installed -> things Just Work(TM). -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
