Call for Assistance - udev

[Alf mel]

On Thursday 23 August 2007 07:23:08 pm Greg Schafer wrote:
> Up until now I've been mostly avoiding udev. I just couldn't stomach it.
> The constant breakage, the constant need to upgrade udev when upgrading a
> kernel, the utter silliness of not installing a default config that "just
> works", etc, etc.

I agree with you.  I have used udev and it has been a pain.  I have used 
udev and the LFS rules (based on Debian, I believe) plus a couple of rules 
of my own to make it work.  However, I've had to stick to udev 102 because 
103 and beyond would not set the correct CD-ROM/DVD permissions and 
symlinks.  Sometime back (around the 101, 102 era) I was going to suggest 
that udev was becoming stable enough.  I went to 105, had those problems, 
and I was glad I didn't suggest it.

> Anyhoo, it seems the latest release (udev-115) finally installs something
> that looks like a sane default config.

Finally!  I always wondered why they didn't have a set of rules that they 
could make sure worked from one release to the other.  That has always been 
have the problem.

> I just don't have time at the moment to test it out. It would be very
> helpful if some kind soul who is familiar with udev could figure out what
> needs to be done to make this latest udev work in the DIY Refbuild
> context ie: I'd like to finally add udev to the Refbuild.

I'm converting all my rules and scripts to the latest 2.6.1/4.2.1/2.17.50 
stuff.  I'd be glad to tryout the new udev.  Unfortunately, I have a very 
busy weekend ahead of me.  It will probably be until early next week that I 
could try it out.  I may not be the first to report but I could provide 
another view.

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@ - Alf