Re: udev: Directory for custom device nodes.

[Harald Hoyer <harald redhat com>]

Féliciano Matias wrote:
> Le mardi 25 janvier 2005 à 12:45 +0100, Harald Hoyer a écrit :
>
> > Are the names fine or should we rename /etc/sysconfig/makedev.d in s.th. like 
> > /etc/sysconfig/init-makedev.d ??
>
>
>
> /etc/sysconfig/makedev.d (or init-makedev.d) does not store things like
> found in /etc/makedev.d/ .
>
> proposition :
> /etc/sysconfig/init-dev.d
>
>
> Another point, sysinit does not provide a way to load a module at boot
> time (other than using /etc/rc.d/rc.local).
>
> For example, I use this driver (with mplayer) :
> http://www.linuxops.net/~pw/mga_vid/
>
> This module does not support auto-loading.
> A /etc/sysconfig/init-dev.d/*.module would be appreciated.

Hmm, there is rc.modules mentioned in rc.sysinit, but I think that is deprecated.

> Last, what about /etc/modprobe.conf.d by default ?
>
> Modprobe support "include /etc/modprobe.conf.d" with /etc/modprobe.conf.
>
> There is one piece missing "in my dream" :
>  /etc/security/console.perms.d/mga_vid
> where I can add "<v4l>=/dev/mga_vid".
>
> Suppose I want to package the mga_vid driver, I'll use :
> /etc/makedev.d/mga_vid      # /dev/mga_vid definition
> /etc/sysconfig/init-dev.d/mga_vid.dev    # create /dev/mga_vid
> /etc/sysconfig/init-dev.d/mga_vid.module   # load mga_vid
> /etc/modprobe.conf.d/mga_vid.conf    # configure mga_vid
> /etc/security/console.perms.d/mga_vid    # pam_console configuration


Right... that would be cool.