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@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ To use: - You must be running a 2.6 version of the Linux kernel. +- Your 2.6 kernel must have had CONFIG_HOTPLUG enabled when it was built. + - Make sure sysfs is mounted. udev will figure out where sysfs is mounted, but the traditional place for it is at /sys. You can mount it by hand by running: mount -t sysfs none /sys @@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ To use: would do: make USE_KLIBC=true DEBUG=true + Note: If you want to use klibc, you will have to set up the "linux" + symlink properly. See the file klibc/klibc/README and pay + attention to step "a)" there. - Install the project: make install @@ -62,18 +67,18 @@ To use: make uninstall -Things are still quite rough, and it's a bit beyond proof of concept -code. Help is very much appreciated, see the TODO file for a list of -things left to be done. +Things are still quite rough, but it should work properly. If nothing +seems to happen, make sure your build worked properly by running the +udev-test.pl script as root in the test/ subdirectory of the udev source +tree. + +Development and documentation help is very much appreciated, see the TODO +file for a list of things left to be done. -If you want to build using klibc, use the Makefile.klibc file: - - read the klibc/klibc/README file for how to set up the linux - symlink properly. - - make clean - - make -f Makefile.klibc -and marvel at the tiny binary you just created :) -Any comment/questions/concerns please let me know. +Any comment/questions/concerns please let me and the other udev developers +know by sending a message to the linux-hotplug-devel mailing list at: + linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net greg k-h greg@kroah.com |