2 udev - a userspace implementation of devfs
4 For more information on the design, and structure of this project, see the
5 files in the docs/ directory.
9 - You must be running a 2.6 version of the Linux kernel.
11 - Make sure sysfs is mounted. udev will figure out where sysfs is mounted, but
12 the traditional place for it is at /sys. You can mount it by hand by running:
13 mount -t sysfs none /sys
15 - Make sure you have the latest version of the linux-hotplug scripts. They are
16 available at linux-hotplug.sf.net or from your local kernel.org mirror at:
17 kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/
18 They are required in order for udev to work properly.
20 If for some reason you do not install the hotplug scripts, you must tell the
21 kernel to point the hotplug binary at wherever you install udev at. This can
23 echo "/sbin/udev" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
28 - Install the project:
31 This will put the udev binary in /sbin, create the /udev and /etc/udev
32 directories, and place the udev configuration files in /etc/udev. You
33 will probably want to edit the namedev.* files to create custom naming
34 rules. More info on how the config files are set up are contained in
35 comments in the files, and is located in the documentation.
37 - Add and remove devices from the system and marvel as nodes are created
38 and removed in /udev/ based on the device types.
40 - If you later get sick of it, uninstall it:
44 Things are still quite rough, and it's a bit beyond proof of concept
45 code. Help is very much appreciated, see the TODO file for a list of
46 things left to be done.
48 Any comment/questions/concerns please let me know.