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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:25:47
Message-Id: CAA2qdGXg0B404Tc479muMdjqu5n3sjKggNYH=MXikbufW=R2Ew@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/ by waltdnes@waltdnes.org
1 On Nov 19, 2011 11:58 AM, <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 08:41:43AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote
4 > > On Nov 19, 2011 6:56 AM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
5 > > >
6 > > > On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:38:42 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote:
7 > > >
8 > > > > You can copy the ebuild to your own private overlay
9 > > > > ( /usr/local/portage ) make your changes there, and bump the version
10 > > > > number slightly.
11 > > >
12 > > > No need to bump the version number, overlays take priority over the
13 > > > standard tree when there are equal version numbers.
14 > > >
15 > >
16 > > I knew I forgot something so simple >.<
17 > >
18 > > Thanks!
19 > >
20 > > Hmmm... so, @waltdnes, you should modify the procedure a bit, there...
21 >
22 > Will do. This is what beta tests are for <G>.
23 >
24
25 While you're at it, you might want to check out how mdev handles
26 hotplugging.
27
28 Start with the primer:
29
30 http://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/docs/mdev.txt?h=1_18_stable
31
32 And gain some ideas here on how mdev executes helper scripts:
33
34 http://quirk.ch/2010/01/how-to-set-up-mdev-rules-for-busybox
35
36 Hope these help! I'm still away from my Gentoo boxen so I can't test my
37 ideas yet.
38
39 Rgds,