X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3a511802eadbea08b3343c5303d938e4337e30aa;hb=2417dc20f5147556d0ed4f95a37b1547fb4b0f2b;hp=a14e5c0fcff04e40b81ab462d236aa12d99fab8e;hpb=1e03b754aef576a5cb75f01b1805cdc1f9cc292f;p=elogind.git diff --git a/README b/README index a14e5c0fc..3a511802e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -10,7 +10,18 @@ Important Note: Requirements: - Version 2.6.25 of the Linux kernel with sysfs, procfs, signalfd, inotify, - unix domain sockets, networking and hotplug enabled. + unix domain sockets, networking and hotplug enabled: + CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y + CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="" + CONFIG_NET=y + CONFIG_UNIX=y + CONFIG_SYSFS=y + CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED*=n + CONFIG_PROC_FS=y + CONFIG_TMPFS=y + CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y + CONFIG_INOTIFY=y + CONFIG_SIGNALFD=y - For reliable operation, the kernel must not use the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED* option. @@ -27,6 +38,9 @@ Requirements: 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. + Operation: Udev creates and removes device nodes in /dev/, based on events the kernel sends out on device discovery or removal.