Re: udev and devfs - The final word

[Greg KH <greg _at_ xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 05:17:50PM +0100, Pascal Schmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > You would not have any "extra" overhead if you don't add any new devices
> > to your system.  udev only runs when /sbin/hotplug runs. As for extra
> > space on your disk, this email thread is almost as big as the udev
> > binary is :)
> 
> Well, but if random device numbers become a reality, udev would have
> to run at boot time or I wouldn't get usable device nodes.

Exactly, it's on the TODO list :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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