X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=702d0d6b272ed01983cf9d6a195a25ff0db44f7b;hb=be9b51f6638d66025ebde1ca154ae9180383409c;hp=b05ad0c51b04cb324198ce5bf690f571c637b2c0;hpb=fc1c2fd8b1815d7fa8f31cd858f553c557065c39;p=elogind.git diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index b05ad0c51..702d0d6b2 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -2,20 +2,18 @@ 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 Kroah-Hartman +greg k-h +greg@kroah.com - 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.) +- option to always add all partitions. This is needed to properly handle + devices with removable media. +- install the proper init.d script based on the distro we are running on. +- persuade the distro packagers to submit their changes (or just steal them + if we can find them...) - 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 @@ -24,6 +22,11 @@ people offer up. - better permission handling - create kernel name to devfs name config file so that all of the devfs users will have an upgrade path. -- make program work like design says it should (three parts, not 1) -- add hooks to call D-BUS when new node is created or removed +- 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.