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Re: [Xen-devel] Name of event-channel and other devices vs. udev

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Name of event-channel and other devices vs. udev
From: Bastian Blank <waldi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 00:58:27 +0200
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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 03:37:49PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 05/27/2010 03:26 PM, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > To possibilities:
> > - Fix the error detection in this crude device creation code.
> > - Rip it out and always rely on the system to provide the devices.
> > For Debian I already decided to use the later one.
> Yes, that seems like the cleanest approach.  Does it need any udev
> config to get that right?  In particular, is there a mechanism to
> autoload misc device modules?

No, there is no autoloading possible; neither now nor with the patch.
The default udev config is correct in this case.

Bastian

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