X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=123fce6a1b4c81e262a9a8a15b420b6bb0bbf880;hp=fffa7939879a1d814d30425490715dcb907c4497;hb=9ab314222d66d53a46ecefdeb37bec15b7dff66a;hpb=e1b579406db58dc4ced1bec6339f7647c4fd69ea diff --git a/README b/README index fffa79398..123fce6a1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ To use: - 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 @@ -25,6 +27,30 @@ To use: - Build the project: make + Note: + There are a number of different flags that you can use when building + udev. They are as follows: + prefix - set this to the default root that you want udev to be + 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. + 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'. + 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 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 @@ -41,18 +67,18 @@ To use: 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