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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:43:12 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev;
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:52 +0100
pk <peterk2@coolmail.se> wrote:
> > On my notebooks and test/development VMs, that's different. Those
> > need udev.
>
> Why does it need udev specifically? Just curious... if there's a
> technical need for something else than /dev population (and possible
> configuration of devices, i.e. tell the kernel what bits needs to be
> switched)?
Simply because they are typical notebooks and VMs :-)
I fiddle around a lot with the hardware on those and udev deals with
that nicely considering udev is designed to deal with that nicely.
Becoming rather lazy in my old age is getting to be a factor too
--
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com