-This is a short list of things that needs to be done. They are in no specific
-order. We will gladly accept patches for any of these items:
+These things 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
-- More documentation:
- Allmost all extras/*_id/ programs don't have a man page
- some details are missing in the udev man pages.
+These things will change in future udev versions:
+ o make DRIVER== to match only the event device
+ (DRIVERS must be used, we currently translate it to DRIVERS and print
+ a warning if DRIVER is used)
-- Completely replace the built-in wait_for_sysfs stuff in udev_sysfs.c
- by rules using the WAIT_FOR_SYSFS key.
+ o warn if PHYSDEV* keys are used in ENV keys
+ (they are deprecated and will be removed from a future kernel)
-- 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.
+ o warn if any path component is used in a ATTR{}, ATTRS{},
+ $attr{} key, like ATTR{device/<file>}==
+ (parent attributes must not referenced directly in rules or tools,
+ udev finds the parents and makes them available, which can be matched
+ with the normal keys)
-- Do generic early boot logic:
- initramfs, pivot-root, cover coldplug or event replay, etc...
+ o warn if BUS, ID, SYSFS are used as keys
+ (they are SUBSYSTEMS, KERNELS, ATTRS now)
-- Keep the distro rules in etc/ up-to-date.
+These things are deprecated and scheduled for removal in a future
+udev version:
+ o remove old udevdb dump 'udevinfo -d'
+ (-e exports everything)
+ o remove udevstart
+ (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)
+
+ o remove extra for /etc/dev.d/ /etc/hotplug.d/
+ (that inefficient stuff should finally go away)
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