X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=2afa1783eef6791b88647da848993700158ccd72;hb=3e0f8812f8c824648db7cc6886265ed186685488;hp=d0d0bec4d99d742885f3e9bdb288b6702fe4519a;hpb=7ecb8d23f371a38cd918334ee7bf8383f1807ddb;p=elogind.git diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index d0d0bec4d..2afa1783e 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,27 +1,21 @@ -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. - -greg k-h -greg@kroah.com - - -- more documentation (can never have too much.) -- 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.) -- 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. +These things need to be done, or would be nice to have: + + o Log the relationship of the kernel name and the persistent disk name + to syslog, so any error logged from the kernel can be associated with + any of the links at that time. + + +These things are scheduled for removal sometimes: + + o remove broken %e enumeration + (simple enumerations can't work and should go) + + o remove devfs naming scheme rules and scripts + + o remove MODALIAS + $modalias + (ENV{MODALIAS}, $env{MODALIAS}, $sysfs{modalias} will do it) + + o remove udevstart, udevsend + (we rely on the kernel "uevent" triggers of kernel 2.6.15 and no longer + want to guess event properties from sysfs like udevstart is doing it) +