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Revision as of 09:43, 21 September 2023
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mdev
Mdev is the default device manager on Alpine Linux. It is provided by busybox as alternative to systemd's udev. Mdev is not a drop in replacement for udev. See eudev for that instead. Mdev lacks some features which makes it not recommended for a full blown desktop enviroment.
Installation
The easy way to setup mdev is throught the setup script. For custom installation see the manually section. Note that this is only recommended for advanced users.
Setup Script
The alpine-conf package privides setup-devd to easily install and setup device managers.
Install alpine-conf if not already.
# apk add alpine-conf
Setup mdev.
# setup-devd mdev
Manually
Mdev is provided by the busybox package which is pre installed on any alpine installation. To run mdev the OpenRC init scripts are required too. If it isn't already installed install it:
# apk install busybox-mdev-openrc
Before starting mdev you need to disable eudev.
Enable the mdev service.
# rc-update add mdev sysinit
# rc-update add hwdrivers sysinit
If you are not running in a chroot you will also want to start mdev.
# rc-service mdev start
# rc-service hwdrivers start
Disable
To disable mdev when using a different device manager like eudev you need to stop and remove the service.
# rc-service mdev stop
# rc-update delete mdev sysinit
You might also want to uninstall the init scripts since they are not used anymore.
# apk del busybox-mdev-openrc
Custom network interfaces
See Custom network interface names
USB Printer
See mdev hacks for USB printers
Raspberry Pi Bluetooth Speaker
See Raspberry Pi Bluetooth Speaker