Didier: > Le 12/02/2015 17:58, Jude Nelson a écrit : > > >But, for a desktop, udev, eudev, or vdev is mandatory. > > > > Is it? A lot of applications need libudev, but if I can get > > libudev-compat to generate the requisite information from sysfs and a > > static dev, I'll spring for that instead of having it depend on a > > device manager. Static dev should remain an option for as long as it > > is feasible, IMHO. > I agree that static dev must remain an option. 200%. I use it on > embeded powerpc devices running Wheezy with kernel 2.6.29, because > Wheezy's udev is not compatible with this "deprecated" kernel version.
Ack. > But if you are looking for productivity on your laptop, you want an > application to create a device file with a meaningful name when you plug > in a usb key. Plus another to allow you to mount/umount it in a > mouse-click -- or a shortkey if Tilt knows how :-) Noone says that an automounter etc. arn't useful if you want and need them, e.g. there is a long tradition of automounter in the nfs world. But that doesn't imply that udev et al should be required or be mandatory. BTW, there is more than one way to set up (for the local admin) meaningful /dev-names. And if you don't want to bother with any /dev nane, you can (manually) check with "sg_mag -x -i" to see which device is which. Regards, /Karl Hammar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspö Data Lilla Aspö 148 S-742 94 Östhammar Sweden +46 173 140 57 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
