Re: devfs vs udev, thoughts from a devfs user

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 02:08:36PM -0800, walt wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > ...sysfs exports loads of info about every device in your system, not
> >   only the major:minor info.  It exports what device this major:minor
> >   is assigned to, the topology of the device...
> 
> For the benefit of us schlubs looking in from the outside, could you tell
> us what you mean by 'topology' ?

Run 'tree' from /sys/devices/ to see the topology of how all of the
different devices in your system are hooked together.  Notice how the
usb mouse is connected to a usb controller which is connected to a pci
device, and so on.

udev can use that "chain" of devices to determine how to name your
device.

thanks,

greg k-h
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