Technically saying I didn't use the right name, it should be kernel thread.

But in fact of udev it should be a userspace daemon.

BR,

Alan

On 2/21/24, Saurav Pal <resyfer....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Xiang,
>
> I meant multiple daemons in reference to what Alan mentioned about there
> being daemons to detect the various components currently. Hope this clears
> it.
>
> Regards,
> SP
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM Xiang Xiao <xiaoxiang781...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Even though PCs just have one udev daemon, I don't see why MCU needs
>> multiple daemon.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM Saurav Pal <resyfer....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the clarification.
>> >
>> > Also, am I right in thinking it would increase performance if there was
>> > a
>> > single daemon working rather than multiple? (I am thinking in terms of
>> > context switches for tasks, even if, say, somehow the memory
>> > consumption
>> > remains the same).
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > SP
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 10:13 PM Xiang Xiao <xiaoxiang781...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Since all devices expose through vfs (/dev, /proc), udev could be
>> > > implemented through inotify API.
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 11:31 PM Alan C. Assis <acas...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hi Saurav,
>> > > >
>> > > > There is not something like a "udev" for NuttX, but there are
>> > > > daemons/services used to detect when a SDCard is plugged, when a
>> > > > USB
>> > > > device is attached, etc.
>> > > >
>> > > > We could add something like a lite "udev" for NuttX.
>> > > >
>> > > > Best Regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Alan
>> > > >
>> > > > On 2/20/24, Saurav Pal <resyfer....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > Hi all,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I am not able to understand how NuttX performs device discovery.
>> > > > > I
>> am
>> > > > > trying to look for something that is similar to "udev". Can
>> > > > > someone
>> > > > please
>> > > > > help me understand?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Thanks in advance.
>> > > > > Regards,
>> > > > > SP
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>

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