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From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev + /usr
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:17:57
Message-Id: 1770201.esc5b3VgKV@pc
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] udev + /usr by Michael Mol
1 On Thursday, 15. September 2011 11:03:09 Michael Mol wrote:
2 > > Yes, except that udev ONLY handles kernel-events and doesn't process any
3 > > "actions" itself.
4 > > These are placed on a seperate queue for a seperate process.
5 >
6 > The problem with this is that you now need to manage synchronization
7 > between the kernel event processor and the action processor, which is
8 > actually more complicated than keeping them together in a
9 > single-threaded, single-process scenario.
10
11 Yes, it's more complicated to do. But not impossible.
12 IPC, shared memory and what not, exists for a reason
13
14 Best,
15 Michael

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