X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=773bc5508d3bdf513b29e622b9067789abf36b06;hp=0add462f31e604bfb65807721ba808874c288ef0;hb=fdcd1f4666a4cceb0de7935a72567f30f1905c08;hpb=64be143742a487e826068e906d1bfb180acdb0ae diff --git a/README b/README index 0add462f3..773bc5508 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. @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ Requirements: - The proc filesystem must be mounted on /proc/, the sysfs filesystem must be mounted at /sys/. No other locations are supported by udev. + - The system must have the following group names resolvable at udev startup: + disk, cdrom, floppy, tape, audio, video, lp, tty, dialout, kmem. + Especially in LDAP setups, it is required, that getgrnam() is able to resolve + these group names with only the rootfs mounted, and while no network is + available. Operation: Udev creates and removes device nodes in /dev/, based on events the kernel