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authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2012-01-01 04:21:15 +0100
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2012-01-01 04:21:15 +0100
commit220893b3cbdbf8932f95c44811b169a8f0d33939 (patch)
tree540deaec74df773c5d7973dc3b3bb3d734dc834b /NEWS
parenteed0832780382298f5df26143a8271f9a4328a9f (diff)
downloadudev-220893b3cbdbf8932f95c44811b169a8f0d33939.tar.gz
remove mknod() logic and rely on 'devtmpfs'
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udev 175
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+The 'devtmpfs' filesystem is required now, udev will not create or delete
+device nodes anymore, it only adjusts permissions and ownership of device
+nodes and maintains additional symlinks.
+
A writable /run directory (tmpfs) is required now for a fully functional
udev.
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ All built-in tools can be listed and tested with 'udevadm test-builtin'.
The 'udevadm control --reload-rules' option has been renamed to '--reload'.
It reloads the kernel module configuration.
-The systemd socket files use PassCred=yes, which requires systemd
+The systemd socket files use PassCredentials=yes, which requires systemd
version 38.
The udev build system only creates a .xz tarball now.