X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=d0d0bec4d99d742885f3e9bdb288b6702fe4519a;hp=0bcaf2cc2432a8b6ff41bc87eea08a31fc8536c6;hb=7ecb8d23f371a38cd918334ee7bf8383f1807ddb;hpb=cee360d32efd8392f7e342dcaeda1de50a2c1bcf diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 0bcaf2cc2..d0d0bec4d 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,8 +1,27 @@ -- use mknod(2) and not execute mknod(1) -- add klibc to the build process (or make it easier to do) to get - smaller binary -- document the config file format (it will change over time...) -- persistant naming database backend -- 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 +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.