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diff --git a/extras/run_directory/README b/extras/run_directory/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..022c66451c --- /dev/null +++ b/extras/run_directory/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Use these binaries only if you need backward compatibility with +older udev versions. The use of /etc/dev.d/ is no longer recommended +Use explicit udev rules with RUN keys to hook into the processing. + + /etc/dev.d/ + /etc/hotplug.d/ directory multiplexing is completely + removed from udev itself and must be emulated by calling small + helper binaries provided by these helpers: + make EXTRAS=extras/run_directory/ + will build udev_run_devd and udev_run_hotplugd, which can be called + from a rule if needed: + RUN+="/sbin/udev_run_hotplugd" + The recommended way to handle this is to convert all the calls from + the directories to explicit udev rules and get completely rid of the + multiplexing. (To catch a ttyUSB event, you now no longer need to + fork and exit 300 tty script instances you are not interested in, it + is just one rule that matches exactly the device.) + |