Re: udev is too slow creating devices

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Sep 19 2004 - 12:45:59 EST


On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:53:05PM +0600, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
>
> What we currently see is that distros either ignore the race or (like
> LFS) say something like:

I don't see distros ignoring the race issues. Look at Gentoo's init
scripts, it handles this properly (if not, please let me know.)

> "Because of all those compilcations with Hotplug, Udev and modules, we
> strongly recommend you to start with a completely non-modular kernel
> configuration, especially if this is the first time you use Udev."

Heh, no, you'll have the same "issues" with a static kernel and no
modules. Your devices will not get found any faster :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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