> > I do this all the time with buildroot; udev is a choice, and I often > > have trouble compiling it because it depends on so many things, like > > specific kernel configurations, and certain toolchain options. The > > fact of the matter is that udev doesn't do much for me, > > CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y does most of the job, > > the rest is loading the right modules at boot time, which can be done > > with a simple script. There's also mdev from busybox, but it's too > > simple, I don't really understand what is the point of it. > > Looks like i need to do some catching up ;-). Udev used to do a lot more but a lot of it's functionality was taken into the kernel for a more sane design and after much constructive flaming ;-). It's on lwn.net. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) _______________________________________________________________________
