[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] udev-145-1

[Allan McRae]

Dan McGee wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Gerardo Exequiel
> Pozzi<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>   
>> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
>>     
>>> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Tobias Powalowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi
>>>>> bump to latest udev version, please test it well.
>>>>> Has many new things included, which also dig in glib2 and libusb depend.
>>>>>
>>>>> greetings
>>>>> tpowa
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Sign-off both i686, x86_64.
>>>>
>>>> All boot OK, (custom kernel no initrd) no special setups, like raid or
>>>> lvm. My usb devices are with the correct perms (4-in-1 reader, pendrive,
>>>> ipod, mp3 player). The firmware for my printer is loaded OK, and kvm-88
>>>> still boot both arches (Arch Linux kernel):)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One sidenote, this version support ACL, so I guess that is better now to
>>>> switch /dev from ramfs to tmpfs in initscripts. (the current udev
>>>> documentation talks about tmpfs not ramfs)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> By the way, doing this also will help, at least in one step, this
>>> feature request (FS#15612 - better support for selinux) [#1]
>>>
>>> [#1] http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15612
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> I filled a FS [#1] with the patch
>>
>> Sidenote2: This udev bump from minimal kernel version from 2.6.22 to
>> 2.6.25 (mandatory) because use the signalfd(). An announce required?
>>     
>
> Wowzers, I'm not so sure we want to do that. We just got scared with
> glibc from going past 2.6.18, this is a rather significant jump (and I
> know my current Xen kernel is .24).
>   

Is there a way to build udev without requiring this call?  The 
discussions with the minimal kernel version for our glibc did not even 
venture beyond the .24 version...

Allan