This command $> find -L /dev/.udev/db/ -type l -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 ls -l > /tmp/broken.txt at my stable Gentoo gives 123 entries w/ current kernel. Situation is similar w/ older kernels. I'm wondering whether this is expected or not. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa12 -> vcsa12 char/7:140 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs12 -> vcs12 char/7:12 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa11 -> vcsa11 char/7:139 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs11 -> vcs11 char/7:11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa10 -> vcsa10 char/7:138 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs10 -> vcs10 char/7:10 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa9 -> vcsa9 char/7:137 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs9 -> vcs9 char/7:9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa8 -> vcsa8 char/7:136 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs8 -> vcs8 char/7:8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa7 -> vcsa7 char/7:135 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs7 -> vcs7 char/7:7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa6 -> vcsa6 char/7:134 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs6 -> vcs6 char/7:6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa5 -> vcsa5 char/7:133 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs5 -> vcs5 char/7:5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa4 -> vcsa4 char/7:132 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs4 -> vcs4 char/7:4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa3 -> vcsa3 char/7:131 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs3 -> vcs3 char/7:3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa2 -> vcsa2 char/7:130 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 19:27 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs2 -> vcs2 char/7:2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:fuse -> fuse char/10:229 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:device-mapper -> mapper/control char/10:236 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/drm:controlD64 -> dri/controlD64 char/226:64 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/graphics:fb0 -> fb0 char/29:0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/usb:lp0 -> usb/lp0 char/180:0 usblp0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:agpgart -> agpgart char/10:175 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/input:mice -> input/mice char/13:63 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/bsg:1:0:0:0 -> bsg/1:0:0:0 char/254:1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:rfkill -> rfkill char/10:59 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:ttyS0 -> ttyS0 char/4:64 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:ttyS3 -> ttyS3 char/4:67 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:ttyS2 -> ttyS2 char/4:66 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:nvram -> nvram char/10:144 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa1 -> vcsa1 char/7:129 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcsa -> vcsa char/7:128 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs1 -> vcs1 char/7:1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/vc:vcs -> vcs char/7:0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty9 -> tty9 char/4:9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty8 -> tty8 char/4:8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty7 -> tty7 char/4:7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty63 -> tty63 char/4:63 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty62 -> tty62 char/4:62 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty61 -> tty61 char/4:61 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty60 -> tty60 char/4:60 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty6 -> tty6 char/4:6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty59 -> tty59 char/4:59 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty58 -> tty58 char/4:58 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty57 -> tty57 char/4:57 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty56 -> tty56 char/4:56 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty55 -> tty55 char/4:55 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty54 -> tty54 char/4:54 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty53 -> tty53 char/4:53 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty52 -> tty52 char/4:52 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty51 -> tty51 char/4:51 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty50 -> tty50 char/4:50 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty5 -> tty5 char/4:5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty49 -> tty49 char/4:49 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty48 -> tty48 char/4:48 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty47 -> tty47 char/4:47 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty46 -> tty46 char/4:46 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty45 -> tty45 char/4:45 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty44 -> tty44 char/4:44 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty43 -> tty43 char/4:43 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty42 -> tty42 char/4:42 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty41 -> tty41 char/4:41 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty40 -> tty40 char/4:40 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty4 -> tty4 char/4:4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty39 -> tty39 char/4:39 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty38 -> tty38 char/4:38 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty37 -> tty37 char/4:37 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty36 -> tty36 char/4:36 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty35 -> tty35 char/4:35 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty34 -> tty34 char/4:34 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty33 -> tty33 char/4:33 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty32 -> tty32 char/4:32 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty31 -> tty31 char/4:31 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty30 -> tty30 char/4:30 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty3 -> tty3 char/4:3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty29 -> tty29 char/4:29 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty28 -> tty28 char/4:28 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty27 -> tty27 char/4:27 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty26 -> tty26 char/4:26 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty25 -> tty25 char/4:25 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty24 -> tty24 char/4:24 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty23 -> tty23 char/4:23 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty22 -> tty22 char/4:22 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty21 -> tty21 char/4:21 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty20 -> tty20 char/4:20 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty2 -> tty2 char/4:2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty19 -> tty19 char/4:19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty18 -> tty18 char/4:18 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty17 -> tty17 char/4:17 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty16 -> tty16 char/4:16 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty15 -> tty15 char/4:15 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty14 -> tty14 char/4:14 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty13 -> tty13 char/4:13 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty12 -> tty12 char/4:12 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty11 -> tty11 char/4:11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty10 -> tty10 char/4:10 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty1 -> tty1 char/4:1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty0 -> tty0 char/4:0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:tty -> tty char/5:0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:ptmx -> ptmx char/5:2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/tty:console -> console char/5:1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:vga_arbiter -> vga_arbiter char/10:63 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:snapshot -> snapshot char/10:231 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:network_throughput -> network_throughput char/10:60 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:network_latency -> network_latency char/10:61 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:mcelog -> mcelog char/10:227 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:hpet -> hpet char/10:228 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/misc:cpu_dma_latency -> cpu_dma_latency char/10:62 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:zero -> zero char/1:5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:urandom -> urandom char/1:9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:random -> random char/1:8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:port -> port char/1:4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:null -> null char/1:3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:mem -> mem char/1:1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:kmsg -> kmsg char/1:11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:kmem -> kmem char/1:2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/mem:full -> full char/1:7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 12 2011 /dev/.udev/db/bsg:0:0:0:0 -> bsg/0:0:0:0 char/254:0 -- MfG/Kind regards Toralf FÃrster pgp finger print: 7B1A 07F4 EC82 0F90 D4C2 8936 872A E508 7DB6 9DA3 -- 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
