X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=58d9c1efe9169ff0d2643522c50d085e8540acc7;hp=2afa1783eef6791b88647da848993700158ccd72;hb=4a51530993e28c9a689be535fd1d34b259b39f2a;hpb=3e0f8812f8c824648db7cc6886265ed186685488 diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 2afa1783e..58d9c1efe 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,21 +1,33 @@ -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 +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. + any of the links at that time +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) -These things are scheduled for removal sometimes: + o warn if PHYSDEV* keys are used in ENV keys + (they are deprecated and will be removed from a future kernel) - o remove broken %e enumeration - (simple enumerations can't work and should go) + o warn if any path component is used in a ATTR{}, ATTRS{}, + $attr{} key, like ATTR{device/}== + (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) - o remove devfs naming scheme rules and scripts + o warn if BUS, ID, SYSFS are used as keys + (they are SUBSYSTEMS, KERNELS, ATTRS now) - o remove MODALIAS + $modalias - (ENV{MODALIAS}, $env{MODALIAS}, $sysfs{modalias} will do it) +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, udevsend + 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)