udev-076 and /lib/udev/devices

DISCUSSION Matthew Burgess 2 participants 2 messages Nov 30, 2005

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Matthew Burgess

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2005-11-30 12:42 UTC #0 lore raw

Hi,

In the RELEASE-NOTES for udev-076, it states:

"Also /lib/udev/devices is recommended as a directory where packages or the user can place real device nodes, which get copied over to /dev at every boot."

This suggests that udev does this copying itself. However, in README it states:

"The content of /lib/udev/devices directory should be copied over to the
tmpfs mounted /dev, to provide the required nodes to initialize udev."

This suggests that it is the job of a bootscript to copy the devices across, and a quick test/grep of the source suggests that, indeed, udev won't do any such copying itself.

Could someone confirm this for me please?

Thanks,

Matt.

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Kay Sievers

2005-11-30 12:54 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 11 lines · Matthew Burgess

Hi,
In the RELEASE-NOTES for udev-076, it states:
"Also /lib/udev/devices is recommended as a directory where packages or the user can place real device nodes, which get copied over to /dev at every boot."
This suggests that udev does this copying itself. However, in README it states:

Quoted 8 lines

"The content of /lib/udev/devices directory should be copied over to the
tmpfs mounted /dev, to provide the required nodes to initialize udev."
This suggests that it is the job of a bootscript to copy the devices across, and a quick test/grep of the source suggests that, indeed, udev won't do any such copying itself.
Could someone confirm this for me please?

The boot script is expected to mount tmpfs on /dev, copy the initial and static nodes from /lib/udev/devices and then start udevd.

Kay