From 19f8fd9088f02c672f42cf1005c43cb5aac18e93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 15:35:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] require 2.6.22+ kernel --- NEWS | 7 +++++++ README | 2 +- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c59d93c55..76aec0647 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ udev 136 ======== Bugfixes. +For some more advanced features Linux 2.6.22 is the oldest supported +version now. The kernel config with enabled SYSFS_DEPRECATED +is no longer supported. Older kernels should still work, and devices +nodes should be reliably created, but some rules and libudev will +not work correctly because the old kernels do not provide the expected +information or interfaces. + /dev/serial/by-{id,path}/ now contains links for ttyUSB devices, which do not depend on the kernel device name. As usual, unique devices - only a single one per product connected, or a real diff --git a/README b/README index 0add462f3..a253ccfb4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Important Note: recommend to replace a distro's udev installation with the upstream version. Requirements: - - Version 2.6.20 of the Linux kernel for reliable operation of this release of + - Version 2.6.22 of the Linux kernel for reliable operation of this release of udev. The kernel must not use the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED* option. - The kernel must have sysfs, unix domain sockets and networking enabled. -- 2.30.2