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maillog: 22/07/2004-21:06:17(+0200): Martin Schlemmer types |
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> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 22:40, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 06:34, Travis Tilley wrote: |
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> > > 1) udev is either ready or it isnt. the fact that you need to use a device |
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> > > tarball for entries udev doesnt support shows me that it isnt ready. what's |
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> > > the point of using a device management system if you're going to just dump a |
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> > > bunch of extra dev entries in there anyway? if udev were ready, this wouldnt |
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> > > be necessary. |
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> > Most of those drivers are not sysfs-aware and simply have not been |
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> > updated by the various authors. Most of them are non-kernel modules, |
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> > such as VMware. |
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> It really is not that difficult to patch the specific driver for |
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> sysfs - I did it for both nVidia and svgalib ... |
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You did?! Where is the patch? I have nvidia-kernel-1.0.6106, and it is still |
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not sysfs aware. |
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