On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 10:43 -0500, Kevin Day wrote: > Okay, so I finally found out how to make udev's > 094 boot under a > uClibc system. > > During the boot process prior to loading/starting udev, I have the > following command happening: > echo /sbin/udevtrigger > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug > This works in udev094, for whatever reason it now causes udev to lock > up and not produce proper devices. The end result is system does not > boot and sits there. > > The solution was to change this to: > echo '' > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug > > and suddenly the system boots. > I worry that this will cause modules to not be auto-loaded when plugged in. > However, this is a step forward into solving the problem. > > Its quite hard to tell if it will or won't work considering how much > udev changes and how much udev has no documentation whatsoever by the > udev team.
I have always distrusted udev and particularly hated hotplug, and abide them with great unease on any system. It seems my guts were correct ;-). -- With Best Regards, Declan Moriarty. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page