On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:19:08 +0700 Ivan Shmakov <i...@gray.siamics.net> wrote:
> I've found that a few packages, contrary to my expectations, > have Depends: on udev. I'm primarily concerned with alsa-base > and initramfs-tools, but also wonder about libcomedi0, dkopp, > python-expeyes, libnjb5, media-player-info, pulseaudio, ukopp, > xserver-xorg-core, and midisport-firmware. > > The backstory is that I'm about to install Debian (either stable > or testing) on a tiny Architecture: i386 system, and consider > excluding udev from the installation, as the hardware in > question has virtually no support for any pluggable devices > whatsoever. udev isn't just for pluggable devices, packages can provide udev rules to ensure that devices appear with a consistent name, e.g. /dev/input/event[0-9] does not include only pluggable or external devices, it can contain several internal input devices as HIDs but the actual number is not predictable. To make sure the package reads from the correct device, it is wiser to provide a udev rule which gives a particularly identified input device (by classification / type / interface or even vendor) a known /dev location as a name or symlink. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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