[arch-dev-public] [draft] Udev Minimum Kernel Version

[Allan McRae]

Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Roman Kyrylych<roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 01:26, Aaron Griffin<aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Random attempt, I don't know all the info, so feel free to add as needed:
>>>
>>> Udev Minimum Kernel Version
>>> The release of udev 145-1 requires a minimum kernel version of 2.6.25
>>> (due to the signalfd function) to work. It is highly recommended that
>>> you are running the latest kernel, but if that is not an option, it is
>>> suggested to put udev in a NoUpgrade line until your kernel can be
>>> upgraded.
>>>       
>> NoUpgrade is for keeping non-backup()ed files from being rewritten.
>> I think you meant IgnorePkg here.
>>     
>
> Touché
>
> With that change, would anyone mind if I posted this?
>   

Well, add Dan's comment too:

Actually 2.6.24.5 or newer will work, as the patch was backported.


And then I have no issues.

Allan