Category:Device Manager
A device manager is a program that manages device nodes in the /dev directory. Permissions and changes in /dev are handled by it.
Alpine linux has several device managers available:
- mdev (from busybox) is the default.
- mdevd is standalone, compatible with mdev, more efficient.
- eudev is the complex, full-featured one.
Do I need a device manager?
Yes! Even for very specific use cases you would most likely just create a custom device manager.