Randy McMurchy wrote:
Chris Staub wrote these words on 01/05/06 01:21 CST:
Um, no, it's the hotplug folks that aren't updating (or, more
accurately, hotplug devs no longer seem to exist). The udev devs are
still actively maintaining and updating udev.
Perhaps, my ignorance is really shining through, but your explanation
doesn't help a bit.
Obviously, we all realize that the hotplug package is obsolete. And
if the Udev devs are "actively maintaining" why does all this custom
patching need to be going on?
Do the Udev devs not do good work, are they too slow to keep up,
do they not support current hardware, platforms or the current
Linux kernel?
I guess I'm wondering why if the Udev devs are "actively maintaining",
do we need patched kernels and an inordinately complex installation of
the Udev package?
Because, as I understand it (which I don't very well myself) 2.6.15 is
the first kernel that can actually handle hardware hotplugging with udev
(and without hotplug) and you can't necessarily expect anyone to get
something perfectly right on the first try. 2.6.15.1 or so will probably
eliminate the need for patching, and udev 80 or 81 or so will probably
be able to be installed much simpler. It's still in a bit of a
transitional phase, which I'm sure is part of the reason jim wanted to
let us all know of his progress so that the LFS community can help
testing and working out the problems...
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