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README: add /lib/udev/ is private
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Kay Sievers
<kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:04:05 +0000
(18:04 +0200)
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Kay Sievers
<kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:04:05 +0000
(18:04 +0200)
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udev - userspace device management
udev - userspace device management
-For more information see the files in the docs/ directory.
+Integrating udev in the system has complex dependencies and differs from distro
+to distro. All major distros depend on udev these days and the system may not
+work without a properly installed version. The upstream udev project does not
+recommend to replace a distro's udev installation with the upstream version.
-Important Note:
- Integrating udev in the system has complex dependencies and differs from distro
- to distro. All major distros depend on udev these days and the system may not
- work without a properly installed version. The upstream udev project does not
-
recommend to replace a distro's udev installation with the upstream version
.
+Tools and rules shipped by udev are not public API and may change at any time.
+Never call any private tool in /lib/udev from any external application, it might
+just go away in the next release. Access to udev information is only offered
+by udevadm and libudev. Everything in /lib/udev and /dev/.udev/ is 100% private
+
to udev
.
Requirements:
- Version 2.6.25 of the Linux kernel with sysfs, procfs, signalfd, inotify,
Requirements:
- Version 2.6.25 of the Linux kernel with sysfs, procfs, signalfd, inotify,
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Requirements:
these group names with only the rootfs mounted, and while no network is
available.
these group names with only the rootfs mounted, and while no network is
available.
- - To build all udev extras, libacl, libglib2, libusb, usbutils, pciutils are
- needed. These dependencies can be disabled with the --disable-extras option.
+ - To build all udev extras, libacl, libglib2, libusb, usbutils, pciutils,
+ gperf are needed. These dependencies can be disabled with the
+ --disable-extras option.
Operation:
Udev creates and removes device nodes in /dev/, based on events the kernel
Operation:
Udev creates and removes device nodes in /dev/, based on events the kernel