
hotplug-ng - a /sbin/hotplug replacement and auto module loader in c

To use:

- You must be running a 2.6 version of the Linux kernel.

- Your 2.6 kernel must have had CONFIG_HOTPLUG enabled when it was built.

- Make sure sysfs is mounted.  udev will figure out where sysfs is mounted, but
  the traditional place for it is at /sys.  You can mount it by hand by running:
  	mount -t sysfs none /sys

- Build the project:
	make

  Note:
      There are a number of different flags that you can use when building
      udev.  They are as follows:
	prefix
		set this to the default root that you want udev to be
		installed into.  This works just like the 'configure --prefix'
		script does.  Default value is ''.  Only override this if you
		really know what you are doing.
	USE_KLIBC
		if set to 'true', udev is built and linked against the
		included version of klibc.  Default value is 'false'.
	USE_LOG
		if set to 'true', udev will emit messages to the syslog when
		it creates or removes device nodes.  This is helpful to see
		what udev is doing.  This is enabled by default.  Note, if you
		are building udev against klibc it is recommended that you
		disable this option (due to klibc's syslog implementation.)
	USE_SELINUX
		if set to 'true', udev will be built with SELinux support
		enabled.  This is disabled by default.
	DEBUG
		if set to 'true', debugging messages will be sent to the syslog
		as udev is run.  Default value is 'false'.
	KERNEL_DIR
		If this is not set it will default to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
		This is used if USE_KLIBC=true to find the kernel include
		directory that klibc needs to build against.  This must be set
		if you are not building udev while running a 2.6 kernel.

      So, if you want to build udev using klibc with debugging messages, you
      would do:
	make USE_KLIBC=true DEBUG=true

- Install the project:
	make install

- Add and remove devices from the system and marvel as modules are automatically
  loaded faster than they ever have been.

- If you later get sick of it, uninstall it:
	make uninstall


Development and documentation help is very much appreciated, see the TODO
file for a list of things left to be done.

Any comment/questions/concerns please let me and the other hotplug developers
know by sending a message to the linux-hotplug-devel mailing list at:
	linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

greg k-h
greg@kroah.com
gregkh@suse.de

