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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:58:22 +0100, Maarten wrote: |
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> What is your opinion on the udev vs ... choice ? |
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> Which is best when handling lots of hotpluggable devices (usb-storage |
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> etc) or is there no real difference there ? |
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udev, without a doubt. Working with several hot-pluggable devices and |
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devfs or a static dev is a nightmare, because the name allocated to each |
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device depends on the order in which they were connected/detected. udev |
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lets you symlink these names to human-friendly names like /dev/camera, |
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/dev/mp3player etc. |
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See http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php for a good explanation of |
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how to do this. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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