From 64be143742a487e826068e906d1bfb180acdb0ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:04:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] require non-SYSFS_DEPRECATED 2.6.20+ kernel --- README | 9 ++++----- udev/udevd.c | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index a76583aba..0add462f3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ Important Note: recommend to replace a distro's udev installation with the upstream version. Requirements: - - Version 2.6.19 of the Linux kernel for reliable operation of this release of - udev. The kernel may have a requirement on udev too, see Documentation/Changes - in the kernel source tree for the actual dependency. + - Version 2.6.20 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. - (unix domain sockets (CONFIG_UNIX) as a loadable kernel module may work, - but it does not make any sense - don't complain if anything goes wrong.) + Unix domain sockets (CONFIG_UNIX) as a loadable kernel module is not + supported. - The proc filesystem must be mounted on /proc/, the sysfs filesystem must be mounted at /sys/. No other locations are supported by udev. diff --git a/udev/udevd.c b/udev/udevd.c index bfd732319..993964d23 100644 --- a/udev/udevd.c +++ b/udev/udevd.c @@ -823,9 +823,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) util_strlcat(path, "/class/mem/null", sizeof(path)); if (lstat(path, &statbuf) == 0) { if (S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode)) { - const char *depr_str = "<6>udev: deprecated sysfs layout (kernel too old, " - "or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED) is unsupported, some " - "udev features may fail\n"; + const char *depr_str = + "<6>udev: deprecated sysfs layout; update the kernel or " + "disable CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED; some udev features will " + "not work correctly\n"; write(fd, depr_str, strlen(depr_str)); } -- 2.30.2