- You must be running a 2.6 version of the Linux kernel.
+- Your 2.6 kernel must have had CONFIG_HOTPLUG enabled when it was built.
+
- Make sure sysfs is mounted. udev will figure out where sysfs is mounted, but
the traditional place for it is at /sys. You can mount it by hand by running:
mount -t sysfs none /sys
installed into. This works just like the 'configure --prefix'
script does. Default value is ''. Only override this if you
really know what you are doing.
- KLIBC - if set to 'true', udev is built and linked against the included
+ USE_KLIBC - if set to 'true', udev is built and linked against the included
version of klibc. Default value is 'false'.
DEBUG - if set to 'true', debugging messages will be sent to the syslog
as udev is run. Default value is 'false'.
- DBUS - if set to 'true', DBUS messages will be sent everytime udev
+ USE_DBUS - if set to 'true', DBUS messages will be sent everytime udev
creates or removes a device node. This requires that DBUS
development headers and libraries be present on your system to
build properly. Default value is 'false'.
So, if you want to build udev using klibc with debugging messages, you
would do:
- make KLIBC=true DEBUG=true
+ make USE_KLIBC=true DEBUG=true
+ Note: If you want to use klibc, you will have to set up the "linux"
+ symlink properly. See the file klibc/klibc/README and pay
+ attention to step "a)" there.
- Install the project:
make install
make uninstall
-Things are still quite rough, and it's a bit beyond proof of concept
-code. Help is very much appreciated, see the TODO file for a list of
-things left to be done.
+Things are still quite rough, but it should work properly. If nothing
+seems to happen, make sure your build worked properly by running the
+udev-test.pl script as root in the test/ subdirectory of the udev source
+tree.
+
+Development and documentation help is very much appreciated, see the TODO
+file for a list of things left to be done.
-If you want to build using klibc, use the Makefile.klibc file:
- - read the klibc/klibc/README file for how to set up the linux
- symlink properly.
- - make clean
- - make -f Makefile.klibc
-and marvel at the tiny binary you just created :)
-Any comment/questions/concerns please let me know.
+Any comment/questions/concerns please let me and the other udev developers
+know by sending a message to the linux-hotplug-devel mailing list at:
+ linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
greg k-h
greg@kroah.com