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Author: karl
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] vdev in chimaera
Aitor:
> On 25/5/22 23:04, karl@??? wrote:
> > It would be nice if one could choose static /dev (as it was before udev).
> > It is no problem running with a static /dev if you compile your own
> > kernel.
>
> vdevd already has a "run once" option, passing the argument --once (either -1),

...
> where the daemon -if not- would remain waiting for next events, once the scanning
> of the contents of `/sys` has been carried out.
> So generated `/dev` is static and, as Jude Nelson explains in his `how-to-test.md`
> file, "running the daemon again will update the
> previously-generated static `/dev` with only the device files that correspond
> to hardware plugged into your computer."


Very nice, but README.md says it removes dev files,
and I know how to get device files from /sys.
But it should be useful for thoose packages that says they
depend on udev and doesn't really.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar