mdev scan

[Denys Vlasenko]

Hi,

I see that this mdev stuff is not so simple.

On Monday 07 July 2008 23:25, Holland, John wrote:
> >> I'm having problems scanning usb_endpoint '/dev's on older kernels, 2.6.13 in particular.
> >> The usb_endpoints are beyond the constant MAX_SYSFS_DEPTH somewhere under /sys.
> >
> >How much is ok on those kernels? 4? 5?
> 
> 5 would be good, but then I have problems with circular recursion.

Please give specific examples of the nodes which are not found.
Full path, which path components are links, etc.

Specify your kernel version and post kernel's config.gz

> My problem is that some dev files are too deep in the /sys tree to be caught
> by the default mdev definition. When I increase the maximum depth to say 5, I
> have problems with circular recursion.

You mean that some devices are found twice?
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