On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 00:35, Chris Dellin <cdellin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 14:04, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> You should not swap kernel node names with symlink names. The primary >> name in /dev should always match the name in /sys. In general, on >> recent kernels, almost all rules with NAME= should be removed and the >> kernel-provided names not be overwritten by userspace config, and only >> symlinks (which do no clash with kernel names) added. > > OK; in this case, the path in /sys is > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/agpgart, while the "kernel name" is > "agpgart". So the primary /dev device should just be /dev/agpgart > (and not /dev/misc/agpgart). Yes, or the kernel would need to provide that name. But I doubt that /dev/misc/ makes much sense. > Does this mean that the documentation examples, such as this: > KERNEL=="hdb", NAME="my_spare_disk" > should be replaced with: > KERNEL=="hdb", SYMLINK+="my_spare_disk" ? Sure, kernel names should not be changed, it's almost always wrong to do that. > Does this mean that use of NAME should be discouraged outright? In > that case, I'll file this as a bug with Gentoo, as these are all > distribution-default rules. Yes, NAME= should be a rare exception with a very good reason. Like in case that the kernel misses the right name, like for older kernels, or not well-maintained drivers, or in case network interfaces are renamed. Thanks, Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
