X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=1dccb901f5005c4494fcf72d16df1045a621de41;hp=3c1581705b8e6c93d651e6f9ccaf6bd0704df9ff;hb=2dccc8b0546d06e3d36735ad15526871642252cc;hpb=05fdfe68e2a628ceabf41f32300bf9f7578a29c5 diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 3c1581705..1dccb901f 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,36 +1,11 @@ -This is a short list of things that needs to be done. They are in no specific -order. I will gladly accept patches for any of these items, or any other stuff -people offer up. +These things would be nice to have: + o get all distros to agree on a default set of rules + o rework rules to a match-action list, instead of a rules array -greg k-h -greg@kroah.com +These things will change in future udev versions: +These things are deprecated and scheduled for removal in a future udev version: + o DEVTYPE for disks is set by the kernel, remove it from the rules + o "udevadm control" commands will only accept the -- syntax + o symlink names to udevadm will no longer be resolved to old command names -- more documentation (can never have too much.) -- document the config file format (it will change over time...) -- add proper man page -- add klibc to the build process (or make it easier to do) to get - smaller binary -- import latest libsysfs and convert udev to use it. -- On remove, look up the device in the database (now that we have one) and - delete what was created, not what the kernel is calling the device. -- add symlink generation and removal support -- better partition support (it's a hack right now, maybe new libsysfs changes - can help out a lot here.) -- allow database to be queried by other programs -- split program into two pieces (daemon and helper that sends events to it). - This will allow us to keep track of sequences, and lots of other needed - stuff. -- keep track of current permissions on devices when daemon shuts down. -- better permission handling -- create kernel name to devfs name config file so that all of the devfs users - will have an upgrade path. -- do early boot logic (putting udev into initramfs, handle pivot-root, - etc.) -- add hooks to call D-BUS when new node is created or removed -- lots of other stuff... -- actually use the BUS= value to determine where the LABEL rule should look - (right now it's ignored, and we only look in the current sysfs directory.) - This is needed, for example, to look at the usb device's serial number of a - usb-storage device, instead of the scsi device's sysfs directory for the - serial number.