Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

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On Nov 19, 2011 11:58 AM, <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 08:41:43AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote
> > On Nov 19, 2011 6:56 AM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:38:42 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote:
> > >
> > > > You can copy the ebuild to your own private overlay
> > > > ( /usr/local/portage ) make your changes there, and bump the version
> > > > number slightly.
> > >
> > > No need to bump the version number, overlays take priority over the
> > > standard tree when there are equal version numbers.
> > >
> >
> > I knew I forgot something so simple >.<
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Hmmm... so, @waltdnes, you should modify the procedure a bit, there...
>
>  Will do.  This is what beta tests are for <G>.
>

While you're at it, you might want to check out how mdev handles
hotplugging.

Start with the primer:

http://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/docs/mdev.txt?h=1_18_stable

And gain some ideas here on how mdev executes helper scripts:

http://quirk.ch/2010/01/how-to-set-up-mdev-rules-for-busybox

Hope these help! I'm still away from my Gentoo boxen so I can't test my
ideas yet.

Rgds,

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