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authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2007-09-21 10:33:36 +0200
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2007-09-21 10:33:36 +0200
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For more information see the files in the docs/ directory.
Important Note:
- Integrating udev in the system is a whole lot of work, has complex dependencies
- and differs a lot from distro to distro. All major distros depend on udev these
- days and the system may not work without a proper installed version. The upstream
- udev project does not support or recommend to replace a distro's udev installation
- with the upstream version. The installation of a unmodified upstream version may
- render your system unusable. Until now, there is no "default" setup or a set of
- "default" rules provided by the upstream udev version.
+ Integrating udev in the system has complex dependencies and differs from distro
+ to distro. All major distros depend on udev these days and the system may not
+ work without a properly installed version. The upstream udev project does not
+ recommend to replace a distro's udev installation with the upstream version.
Requirements:
- Version 2.6.15 of the Linux kernel for reliable operation of this release of
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ Requirements:
but it is completely silly - don't complain if anything goes wrong.)
- The proc filesystem must be mounted on /proc, the sysfs filesystem must
- be mounted at /sys. No other location will be supported by udev.
+ be mounted at /sys. No other location is supported by udev.
Operation: