On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:51:33 -1000 Joel Roth via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote:
> Hi Aitor, > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2020, aitor wrote: > > Hi Joel, > > > > On 24/12/20 7:40, Joel Roth wrote: > > > Thanks for looking into this! I, for one, don't need > > > to run KDE or Gnome. > > > > I've been working on vdev during these days, and i'm thinking on a > > possible new approach for it. For instance: > > > > 1) We should consider whether or not a separate ABI > > (libudev-compat) is required since the apparition > > of libeudev1 (libudev1 without systemd), or leave instead this > > other library (compatible with libeudev1, or > > better said, depending on it) for new features added by Jude Nelson > > and contributors (say the whole libudev-fs.c > > or some add-ons like "udev_monitor > > *udev_monitor_new_from_filesystem" in libudev-monitor.c, non > > existent in libeudev1) > > > > 2) We should also consider the inclusion of a hardware database > > management tool, call udevadm, vdevadm or > > whatever you want. I propose this addition due to the slow boot of > > the system caused by the lack of this tool, > > i guess. In the case of eudev, the hardware database is compiled > > into a binary and only the binary is used at > > runtime. I should however add that yesterday I handled vdev with > > runit and the boot process was very quick, > > but there is a drawback here: you need to wait for the hardware to > > be detected. In a console session I needed > > to wait for the detection of wlan0 (even eth0 was detected > > inmediately); in a X session I couldn't login because > > neither the mouse nor the keyboard didn't respond. > > While I don't understand your post completely, I agree with > your point that udev-compat need not be a high priority as > libeudev meets this need. I understand that without > udev-compat, vdev wouldn't be able to serve some heavyweight > desktop environments. One question: How does your above statement hold up when Wayland becomes the law of the land? SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
