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* Re: [gentoo-user] uevent_helper on kernel 3.16.5-gentoo
  @ 2014-10-24 12:06 99%   ` Mick
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From: Mick @ 2014-10-24 12:06 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Friday 24 Oct 2014 12:47:14 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:36:44 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > I understand that udev needs or used to need uevent_helper, but I am
> > not clear if I should or should not enable this module in a new kernel
> > I'm rolling.  Can you please advise:
> > 
> > 
> > CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER:
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> It's a legacy setting, introduced so you can turn off this feature.
> Presumably it defaults to Y for compatibility but I've been following the
> advice and running without it for some time now - on desktops and servers.

Thanks Neil, I didn't want to end up with failing to boot.  Thanks again for a 
quick response.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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